Summary
Park researchers and SciGirls search cool mountain streams for salamanders, counting what they find to judge whether the habitat is still working.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Full episode (28 min) from SciGirls, season 7.
- What does a salamander need from its stream?
- Why did the girls count instead of just looking?
- What would a warming stream do to the salamanders?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: amphibian, stream, survey, indicator.
Try it: Pick a local animal and list three things its habitat must provide. Circle the one most likely to change.