Climate affects populations in different ways. Scholars research extinct organisms and mass extinctions in part three of the 10-installment Discover Your Changing World series. They create graphic organizers, then fill in the information about specific extinct organisms using guided Internet research. Learners make the connection between extinctions and climate changes, major events on Earth, and human impacts.

Concepts

extinction, mass extinction, animal adaptations, climate, climate regions, fossils, fossil records, human impact on the environment

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have pupils compare their research with partners and provide peer feedback
• Assign scholars one geographic area or one group of organisms to research

Classroom Considerations

• Requires some arts and crafts supplies

Pros

• Allows for some personalization to the learning
• Easy to use the graphic organizers for other applications

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.6-8.4 RST.6-8.7