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Bugs for Breakfast Instructional VideoBugs for Breakfast Instructional Video
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California Academy of Science
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6th - 10th
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3:46
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Bugs for Breakfast

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This Bugs for Breakfast instructional video also includes:
  • Our Hungry Planet Unit (html)
  • Our Hungry Planet Unit Progression (.pdf)
  • How Much Water Do You Eat?
  • Edible Insect Cards
  • Vocabulary for Students
  • Un Chapulín Crujiente (Spanish Version)
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More people in the world eat bugs as a source of protein than the number of people who don't eat bugs. Viewers consider bugs as a food source to solve multiple issues. Our Hungry Planet introduces bug-based food as a possible solution to hunger, deforestation, and water usage. 

16 Views 17 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

insects, protein, food, deforestation

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Bring in some commercially prepared bugs for learners to taste
  • Graph the amount of bugs eaten per year by different regions of the world

Classroom Considerations

  • Does not rely on knowledge from any other resources in the unit
  • Final resource in an informative 13-part series

Pros

  • Works well in a traditional or flipped class
  • Memorable video sticks with viewers long after they finish watching

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4

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