Much like your favorite superhero, the axolotl has amazing super powers! Explore the extraordinary world of the salamander that never grows up in a video from a larger science playlist. Content includes axolotl behavior versus normal salamander behavior, special cell characteristics, and the sequence of events that lead up to limb regeneration.

Concepts

regeneration, cells, animal cells, eukaryotic cells, animal anatomy, animal adaptations, stem cells, amphibians, scientific research

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Add the video to an amphibian lesson to bring that wow factor
• What other animals regenerate limbs? Have the class go on a research spree and create a presentation of other regenerators
  

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should have a basic understanding of cells and growth
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Step-by-step diagrams make the regeneration process easy to understand
• The resource is intriguing and full of amazing facts and images
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.9-10.2