Lesson Plans
Planet Earth
Grades: Middle School
Subject Area: Science, Ecology
Made Possible By: BBC Video
Take your students on an amazing worldwide journey to explore the diversity of animal life with this study guide to the 11-part documentary series, Planet Earth. Students learn how animals have adapted to the many different habitats that support life on Earth and take a field trip to investigate animal life in a local micro-habitat such as their own backyard, then research an endangered species to raise awareness of the need to preserve biodiversity on our planet.
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