Summary
In an Alaskan park the SciGirls collect field data in an extreme environment, seeing how climate shapes which plants and animals can make a living there.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Full episode (28 min) from SciGirls, season 7.
- How is Alaska's climate different from yours?
- What did the girls have to do differently to collect data there?
- Which living things are built for that climate?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: climate, region, field data, adaptation.
Try it: Compare your town's winter to Alaska's in a two-column chart. Write one animal suited to each.