Instructional Video10:23
1
1
Crash Course

Community Ecology II: Predators

7th - 12th
The first examples of mimicry we have found date back to before flowering plants. The video goes in depth on predators at the community ecology level. It includes discussions of herbivores, parasitism, adaptations, cryptic coloration,...
Instructional Video5:28
TED-Ed

From the Top of the Food Chain Down: Rewilding Our World

6th - 8th Standards
A eloquent narrative and unique animation expound on the megafauna and megaflora that once dominated the planet and helped keep ecosystems in balance. Is there anything that can be done to undo the damage we've done? The speaker proposes...
Instructional Video2:16
Curated OER

Sharks vs. Dinosaurs

4th - 12th
A young reptile must use its natural speed to steer free from the shark. Watch this video to learn how another prehistoric animal keeps himself under the sea.
Instructional Video3:20
Curated OER

Competition, Predation, and Symbiosis

7th - 12th
Each biome has self sustaining communities, but how did these unique and stable communities form? Investigate how these evolved with changing animal interactions.
Instructional Video2:19
Curated OER

Monitor Lizard vs. Croc

4th - 12th
Check out this stand-off between a team of half-pound water dikkops and a half-ton crocodile against a hungry monitor lizard. As the lizard is hunting for crocodile eggs, a pair of feisty dikkops act as a defense for themselves and the...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Ecology #5: Community Ecology Ii: Predators

9th - 10th
Hank gets to the more violent part of community ecology by describing predation and the many ways prey organisms have developed to avoid it. [10:23]