The tropics contain about 40 percent of the area on Earth. Viewers take a trip to Peru as an entrancing video from a larger biology playlist explores the region. It explains the facts and theories about the biodiversity near the equator. It also offers a call to action to prevent these areas from being destroyed.

Concepts

species, the equator, tropical rainforests, biodiversity, niche, adaptations, evolution

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Go into more depth about the difference in round versus flat maps on our perception of the size of continents/oceans/etc.
• Graph the number of species scientists identify each year and discuss the trends

Classroom Considerations

• Content ends at 6:40 and remaining time is an advertisement

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides closed captioning for the hearing impaired
• Highlights new vocabulary throughout
• Includes a list of references in the notes section

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