VIDEO: Climate Change - Wildlife & Wildlands

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SUMMARY

EPA partnered with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Park Service,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management to produce a new educational kit, Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands Toolkit for Formal and Informal Educators.The kit contains case studies, activities, and a video based on the highest quality climate science, environmental education and stewardship information, and is designed to educate, inspire, and engage students everywhere to become stewards of our nations wildlife and ecosystems.

GOALS

This video will help people understand the importance of Wildlife and Wildlandand how it is affected by recent changes in climate.

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING MATERIALS

TEACHING NOTES / CONTEXT FOR USE

This13-minute, high definition, engaging and highly informative video on climate change science and impacts on wildlife and their habitat in U.S.can to be used in classrooms as an introduction to the topic or in Visitor Centers and in interpreter talks in informal educational settings.

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES

Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands Toolkit from GlobalChange.gov:

SHORT DESCRIPTION

This video isabout climate changeimpacts on wildlife and wildlands.

Citation

Bista, D. (2013). VIDEO: Climate Change - Wildlife & Wildlands. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/VIDEO:_Climate_Change_-_Wildlife_&_Wildlands