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Garden of Eden
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Viewing Ideas
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Before Watching
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Have students locate the Seychelles on a world map or a globe
and make some predictions about its climate based on its
latitude.
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Review with students the following concepts: habitat, niche, and
competition. (See
Activity Answer
for more information.) Discuss how both structural and
behavioral adaptations help an animal survive. Have students
identify the niches in their school or town and how organisms
fit into each niche.
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As students watch, have them chart the following characteristics
about the animals and plants shown in the program—name of
organism, niche, diet, predators, helpful organisms, and other
information. Have half of the class fill in the chart for plants
and the other half fill in the chart for animals.
After Watching
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Discuss the different organisms students saw and the places
where the organisms live. Create a class chart of all the
information that was collected.
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Discuss examples in nature where an indigenous species has been
displaced by a nonindigenous species, such as the kudzu plant in
the South or the zebra mussel in the Great Lakes.
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