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Learners examines the arctic food web with a short video about polar bears and an article about bears and warming temperatures. They design an arctic food web and discuss the trophic cascade that could come from climate change.
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- Lesson could easily be completed in one class period
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- Lesson could be completed by sixth graders as well
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