Summary
An invasive species is crowding out the natives, and the SciGirls map the damage -- then weigh what people can actually do when a habitat changes faster than the animals in it can.
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Discussion
Full episode (28 min) from SciGirls, season 2.
- What makes a species 'invasive' rather than just new?
- Which native living things were hurt, and how?
- Which solution did the girls think was worth the effort, and why?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: invasive species, native, habitat, competition.
Try it: Name one invasive species in your state. Write one sentence on how it arrived and one on what people are doing about it.