A teaching sequence from the Extinction unit of upd8 wikid Mammoths Activity 1 – Extinct A teaching sequence from the Extinction unit of upd8 wikid year 7 upgrade 1

Expected Learning: Explain what we mean by climate. Understand that climate change can affect organisms. 3 Activity 1: Extinct

What is the climate like in each place? Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate What is the climate like in each place? B A Climate is an area’s usual pattern of temperatures, rainfall and weather conditions. D C 4 Activity 1: Extinct

Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate Hi Julian Shouter here, editor of Planet TV. Our goal is to become the most creative environmental TV channel in the world. We make films, podcasts and websites to make people aware of the need to protect Earth. Our current campaign is about how climate change is causing extinction. 5 Activity 1: Extinct

Be charmed Be captivated Be fascinated Be in awe of our planet Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate Be charmed Be captivated Be fascinated Be in awe of our planet Be enraptured Be amused Be in wonder

Arctic erosion rates double in 50 years Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate Arctic erosion rates double in 50 years Humans adding CO2 at blistering pace Climate threat to biodiversity Global warming is killing polar bears Sea levels rising faster than predicted Climate change could destroy rainforest 7 Activity 1: Extinct

So you’re the new reporter from Planet TV. I’m Lauren... Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate Welcome to Siberia! So you’re the new reporter from Planet TV. I’m Lauren... ...Julian asked me to look after you. Come and look! People are calling it the discovery of the century. A reindeer herder found it. What do you think it is? 8 Activity 1: Extinct

Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate I’ve never seen anything like it before – it’s a baby mammoth. They died out 10 000 years ago. I ‘d say it’s a metre high and it must weigh about twice as much as you do. It’s been frozen for all this time. 9 Activity 1: Extinct

Hold on, it’s Julian on the line for you. Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate Its parents would have looked like this – 3 m tall and 6 tonnes in weight – that’s bigger than an elephant. Hold on, it’s Julian on the line for you. 10 Activity 1: Extinct

Capture the mood. Inspire some awe and wonder! Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate Are you at the scene? We need a live report. I want you to describe the excitement there! Capture the mood. Inspire some awe and wonder! 11 Activity 1: Extinct

The atmosphere here is… Let me describe the scene... Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate You’ll be doing a 10 second piece-to-camera. I suggest you make two points. The atmosphere here is… Let me describe the scene... 12 Activity 1: Extinct

But why did the species go extinct? Could it happen to other animals? Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate But why did the species go extinct? Could it happen to other animals? 13 Activity 1: Extinct

Imagine going back 15 000 years... Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate Imagine going back 15 000 years... Europe was in an ice age. Mammoth fossils are found just south of the ice, where there used to be grasslands. Paris 15 000 BC 14 Activity 1: Extinct

Cut to archive footage of mammoths. Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate Mammoths roamed from Russia to Canada for thousands of years. Then, 15 000 years ago, they started to disappear. Cut to archive footage of mammoths. 15 Activity 1: Extinct

Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate The last ice age... During the summer the ice melted. Animals such as mammoths, bison and reindeer grazed on the grass. 16 Activity 1: Extinct

…and back to Lauren at the scene of the discovery. Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate …and back to Lauren at the scene of the discovery. Winter is coming so the mammoths herds need to migrate 400 km south but they will be back for the spring. 17 Activity 1: Extinct

Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate The journey is not an easy one for the mammoths. Along the way they encounter situations which put them in grave danger. 18 Activity 1: Extinct

OK – let’s finish off with some ideas. Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate Something must have changed that made survival more difficult – but what? Cut! Photo credit: Professor Alan Cooper OK – let’s finish off with some ideas. 19 Activity 1: Extinct

One ‘who dunnit?’ and one ‘what dunnit?’ Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate In this last piece-to-camera, I want you to suggest two reasons why mammoths went extinct. One ‘who dunnit?’ and one ‘what dunnit?’ One explanation for why mammoths went extinct is… Another possibility is… Photo credit: Professor Romanovsky 20 Activity 1: Extinct

Let’s look at what we’ve learned so far about the mammoths. Engage Elicit Explore Explain Elaborate Extend Evaluate Let’s look at what we’ve learned so far about the mammoths. Tell your neighbour as many fascinating facts about mammoths as you can. 21 Activity 1: Extinct