How do animals avoid predators, including humans, if they can't move to a new habitat? The third video in a four-part series explains a recently published article on the topic of adaptations. Many mammals shift their schedules to a more nocturnal one to avoid humans, but the debate on whether the adaptation is a positive shift continues.

Concepts

adaptations, animal adaptations, nocturnal animals, human impact on the environment

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have the class interview a local wildlife expert about changing habits of local mammals
• Share the full text of the discussed article

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge of nocturnal animals, humans' impact on the environment, and adaptations

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Highlights new vocabulary words
• Provides closed captioning for the hearing impaired

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4