Western pond turtles struggle to survive in areas with high pollution and invasive species. The video highlights how zoos help the turtles. and demonstrates a partnership between zoos and the environment around them. 

Concepts

turtles, zoo animals, animal populations

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Find out if a local zoo is helping western pond turtles and go visit them
• Discuss the struggle of helping animal populations and keeping natural areas for them

Classroom Considerations

• Video best fits when studying pollution, turtles, and human influence on the environment

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Includes closed captioning for the benefit of visual learners
• Provides a full written transcript for those without Internet access

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4