"Dwindling Migration"

Positives

• Students will have the opportunity to interpret the data in the artwork.
• The artistic visualization of information will make the discussion of these topics more interesting and lively.

Additional Prerequisites

• Teachers may want to review the following concepts with students: animal adaptation, animal migration, biodiversity loss, group behavior, habitat destruction, endangered species, and extinction.
  

Differentiation

• In art class, students could discuss how artists can use their artwork to educate people about topics like climate change.
• A math teacher could share this resource with students and ask them to calculate the percentage of the George River caribou herd that has been lost since 1984.
  
• In social studies class, the teacher could ask students to create a slideshow presentation describing the migration of a group of animals and incorporating scientific data, charts, and pictures.
• Other resources on this topic include this watercolor by Jill Pelto that shows the salmon population's decline and this interactive map that shows the potential for climate-induced migration for different animal species.