This video is accompanied by supporting materials including background essay and discussion questions. The focus is on changes happening to permafrost in the Arctic landscape, with Alaska Native peoples and Western scientists discussing both the causes of thawing and its impact on the ecosystem.
Next Generation Science Standards
| Grade | Discipline | Core Idea |
|---|---|---|
| 6-8 | ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems |
Human activities have altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging it, although changes to environments can have different impacts for different living things. Activities and technologies can be engineered to reduce people's impacts on Earth. |
| 6-8 |
Changes in biodiversity can influence humans' resources and ecosystem services they rely on. |
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| 6-8 | LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics | |
| 6-8 | LS4.D: Biodiversity and humans |
Human activities have altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging it, although changes to environments can have different impacts for different living things. Activities and technologies can be engineered to reduce people's impacts on Earth. |
| 6-8 |
Human activities have altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging it, although changes to environments can have different impacts for different living things. Activities and technologies can be engineered to reduce people's impacts on Earth. |
|
| 9-12 | ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems |
Sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies. |
| 9-12 |
Biodiversity is increased by formation of new species and reduced by extinction. Humans depend on biodiversity but also have adverse impacts on it. Sustaining biodiversity is essential to supporting life on Earth. |
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| 9-12 | LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics | |
| 9-12 | LS4.D: Biodiversity and humans |
Sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies. |
| 9-12 |
Sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies. |