Owl Videos (Main Selection - The Screech Owl Who Liked Television, Vocabulary Reader - Feathered Hunters of the Night) Oral Language/Writing Prompt: - What are three interesting facts you learned about owls? What is the most surprising fact you learned about them? (I learned that owls ____. Also, owls ____. In addition, owls _____. The most surprising fact I learned about owls is that ____.)
Screech Owl and Eagle Owl Visit Jack Hanna and Ellen (Owl segment starts at 3 min, 21 sec) 5 min, 55 sec
Super Cute Owl Baby Video (1 min, 47 sec)
Zoo Videos (On Level/Language Support Reader - Going Wild at the Zoo/Inside the Zoo, Advanced Reader - An Inside Look at Zoos) Oral Language/Writing Prompt: - In your opinion, would working at a zoo be an important job? Explain your thinking with at least 2 reasons. (In my opinion, working at a zoo would/wouldn't be an important job because ___ and ___.)
San Diego Zoo Safari Park (formerly named Wild Animal Park) - 3 min, 3 sec
Kids Site of San Diego Zoo/San Diego Safari Park Website (includes animal information, games, activities, animal http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/
Jaguars and Polar Bears Celebrate Halloween at the San Diego Zoo (51 sec)
Panda Cam (Live camera on Panda exhibit at San Diego Zoo) (On Level/Language Support Reader - Going Wild at the Zoo/Inside the Zoo) http://www.sandiegozoo.org/pandacam/
Panda Cubs 14 week checkup with zoo veterinarians (58 sec)
Koko the Gorilla Videos (Below Level Reader - Koko Communicates) Oral Language/Writing Prompt: - Explain your reaction to seeing the things Koko is able to do and the way she communicates. Give specific examples. (My reaction to seeing Koko act and communicate the way she does is _____ because _____. When she _____, I felt _____ because ______.)
Intro to Koko and the Gorilla Foundation (3 min, 34 sec)
Koko the Gorilla Plays with her Kitten All Ball - and grieves her loss (1 min, 43)
Koko the Gorilla Gets a New Pet Kitten (2 min, 35 sec)
Unit 3, Lesson 12
Earthquake Videos (Main Selection - The Earth Dragon Awakes, Vocabulary Reader - Keeping Safe in an Earthquake, On Level/Language Support Reader - Litte Hare and the Thundering Earth/A New Name for Lois)
Weather History: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (1 min, 21 sec)
Earthquake 101 (2 min 39 sec)
Earthquake Montage (48 sec)
Kids Earthquake Safety Tips from Trinidad (1 min, 32 sec)
Earthquake Safety Song (1 min, 4 sec)
Unit 3, Lesson 13
Antarctica Videos (Main Selection - Antartic Journal, Connect to Science - The Coolest Marathon, Below Level Reader - Amazing Birds of Antartica, On/Language Support Level Reader - An Icy Adventure/A Visit to Antartica, Above Level Reader - Heroes of the Antarctic, Vocabulary Reader - Really, Really Cold!) Oral Language/Writing Prompts: - Would you have any interest in exploring or researching in Antarctica? Why or why not? Give at least 2 reasons for your answer. (I would/wouldn't have any interest in exploring or researching in Antarctica because ___ and ____.) - Describe some things about Antartica that are challenging to explorers and scientists and some things they do to overcome those challenges. (Some things that are challenging to explorers and scientists in Antartica are... They overcome these challenges by...)
Eric Larsen Explores the South Pole (4 min, 8 sec)
Crittercam - Fishing with Emperor Penguins (6 min, 34 sec) *explores if changing climate in Antarctica is affecting penguins' ability to hunt fishby attaching camera to the back of a emperor penguin - video does show ill fate of another emperor colony cut off from the sea by changing ice
Penguin Saved from Orca Whales by Jumping in Boat (2 min, 1 sec)
South Pole Marathon Runners Battle Sub Zero Temperatures (2 min, 45 sec)
Cause and Effect Song (1 min, 42 sec) *submitted by Marianne Davidson
Unit 3, Lesson 14
Ant and Arthropod Videos (Main Selection - The Life and Times of the Ant, Vocabulary Reader - Ants of All Kinds, Below Level Reader - The Social Lives of Insects, Language Support Card, On Level/Language Support Reader - Arthropods Rule/Arthropods Everywhere)
Leafcutter Ants - National Geographic 2 min, 5 sec
Ants Create a Lifeboat (to transport Queen through a flood) 2 min, 52 sec)
Acacia Tree Ants - National Geographic (2 min, 17 sec)
Artist Makes Cast of the Inside of an Ant Hill (2 min, 36 sec) *submitted by Susan Palacios
Insects & Arthropods (3 min, 20 sec)
Nature - Silences of the Bees, Inside the Hive - PBS (2 min, 41 sec)
Text Featues Videos (3 min, 11 sec) *submitted by Marianne Davidson
Unit 3, Lesson 15
Ecology/Ecosystems Videos (Main Selection - Ecology for Kids)
Ecosystems Music Video (1 min, 52 sec)
Rainforest IMAX Video (7 min, 28 sec)
The Penguin's New Clothes - NBC News (2 min, 18 sec) People knitted sweaters to help penguins after oil spill so they don't swallow oil when cleaning their feathers *submited by Meghan Oldham
Hair Soaks Up Oil Spills (How you can help) 3 min, 38 sec
Family of Orca Whales Get Stuck Under Ice and Make Dramatic Escape (2 min, 5 sec) *changing climate led them to stay in the area too long instead of migrating south
Wild Bottlenose Dolphin Asks Diver for Help in Ocean in Hawaii (The dolphin has fishing line wrapped around it's snout and pectoral fin, making it hard to swim. The dolphin came up to the diver, squeaked loudly and showed the diver its fin. It then stayed still and let the diver cut it off of it.) Video is 8 minutes 32 seconds long, but recommend only showing from 3 min 30 sec to 7 min 30 sec.