Allergic to Meat? It's Happening Thanks to Climate Change.

• This video describes how climate change is increasing the risk of diseases carried by ticks due to their expanding regional and seasonal territory, brought about by warming winters. 
• The video discusses two tick-borne diseases in particular: Lyme disease and one that causes a meat allergy in humans. 

Positives

• The topic of this video is unique and will prompt curiosity in students. 
• This animated video is visually engaging and will hold students' attention. 
• The video includes multiple maps and graphs to aid in understanding. 
  

Additional Prerequisites

• There may be an ad before the video and the actual content of the video ends at 2 minutes, 30 seconds. 
• Students should already be familiar with climate change before watching this video. 
• Though the video mainly uses maps and data from the United States, the global relevance is highlighted. 

Differentiation

• This video could be used in a general science or biology class when studying vector-borne diseases, population dynamics, ecology, or the effects of humans on their environment. 
• This video could be used in a health class to discuss diseases transmitted by insects or to highlight the negative effects of climate change on human health. 
• Other resources related to ticks and climate change include this article about one woman's experience with Lyme disease and this video about the declining moose population in Minnesota. 
• Other resources related to negative health effects of climate change include The Climate Crisis and Your Health, Understanding the Health Harms of Climate Change: A Six Americas Analysis, and Youth Climate Story: Air Pollution in Kansas.
  

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