It’s a Jungle Out There: How Species Survive in the Jungle: Lesson Overview
Using segments from NATURE: "Moment of Impact, Part 2: Jungle," students will learn about skills and features that help species survive in the jungle.

Using segments from NATURE: "Moment of Impact, Part 2: Jungle," students will learn about skills and features that help species survive in the jungle.
These video excerpts from the NATURE episode, “Moment of Impact: Part 2, Jungle" accompany the lesson plan, It’s a Jungle Out There: How Species Survive in the Jungle.
This video-enhanced lesson will challenge students to design and conduct scientifically valid experiments to evaluate hypotheses regarding an animal’s expected behavior in response to changes in its environment. (Grades 9-12)
In this video-enhanced lesson, students will explore the concepts of adaptation and evolution as seen in different species of birds. (Grades 9-12)
My duties now were all about supporting the crew as much as they needed: In short, chief bottle washer, cook and camp nag!
Clips from the NATURE episode "Holy Cow!" show the cow's digestive system and illustrate other naturally evolved and artificially selected traits of cattle.
This video-enhanced lesson focuses on how and why humans have been so successful in selectively breeding cattle to suit our needs, while also exploring the limitations and consequences of this success. (Grades 9-12)
Segments from the NATURE episode "The Good, The Bad and the Grizzly" examine how human interaction with grizzlies has alternately endangered and restored the population, and how humans coexist with grizzlies today.
These clips from the NATURE episode "Can Animals Predict Disaster?" examine the tsunami of December 26, 2004, and theorize on how animals' greater sensitivity to seismic waves may have given them a lifesaving warning about the disaster.
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