Baby Snails Bring Hope
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Grades3, 4, 5Science
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What it is
- This video shows how researchers have saved the Campbell’s keeled glass-snail from extinction.
- This video is less than a minute long and details how this snail population was rediscovered after it was thought to have been extinct, and how the snails were bred and released into their habitat, with encouraging results.
Teaching tips
Positives
- Students will likely be surprised and intrigued to know that snails are born with their shells.
- This video will bring students hope.
Prerequisites
- Students may need a few terms defined, such as extinct, captivity, and habitat.
Differentiation & Implementation
- To help students understand where the snail population was found in relation to their location, teachers can point out Norfolk Island on a world map.
- After watching, students can research other endangered or extinct species.
- Teachers can use this video to make connections to Sustainable Development Goal 15, Life on Land, and highlight the importance of biodiversity.
From the scientist review
This resource highlights a promising project that reintroduced a snail species into the wild that was long thought extinct. This resource highlights an important conservation effort and is recommended for teaching.
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