Analyzing Science Practices and Concepts in Wild Hope

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Description
In this activity, students identify the science practices and concepts in a Wild Hope episode.
Wild Hope is a series of short documentary films that highlight people working to protect species and ecosystems threatened by biodiversity loss. This activity encourages students to think more deeply about what they observe in the episodes.
There are two versions of the “Student Handout” for this activity, based on different curricular frameworks. The “NGSS” handout uses the Next Generation Science Standards framework for high school life science. The “V&C” handout uses the Vision and Change framework for undergraduate biology.
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Student Learning Targets
- Identify and describe the aspects of science used by the people in a Wild Hope film.
- Identify and describe the science ideas (concepts and practices) used to define and solve specific problems in the film.
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Key Terms
core concepts, crosscutting concepts, disciplinary practices, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), science practices, Vision and Change (V&C)
Primary Literature
NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://www.nextgenscience.org/.
American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2011. Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education. https://www.aps.org/programs/education/undergrad/upload/Revised-Vision-and-Change-Final-Report.pdf.
Terms of Use
The resource is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. No rights are granted to use HHMI’s or BioInteractive’s names or logos independent from this Resource or in any derivative works.
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Version History
NGSS 2013
SEP1–8
AP Biology 2019
SP1, SP3
IB Biology 2016
4.1, C.1, C.2, C.3, C.4
AP Environmental Science 2020
SP1, SP7
IB Environmental Systems and Societies 2017
2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4
Vision and Change 2009
CC1–5, DP1–6