Flight for Survival
Using the Flight for Survival Video
Introduce the activity to your students by showing the Flight for Survival
video. Afterward, take the opportunity to discuss the students' reactions
to the events and complete the hands-on discovery activity, Web of Life.
The concept of human interaction with the environment is reinforced in the
video and in the activity. Allow the students to make their own connections
as much as possible. Repeated viewings of the video, or selected portions
of the video, are recommended.
The video length is 28:15.
Scenes include:
00:00 opening scene/introduction: Flight for Survival
01:65 credits for The New Explorers
02:55 Bill Kurtis states the problem/Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
04:30 introduction to scientists: Elton Fox and John Fitzpatrick
06:63 Bill goes up a tree to see eagle's nest
09:40 hatching of a bald eagle in laboratory
12:63 Bill goes up the tree again to look at eagles
17:00 eagle shot, rehabilitated by scientists
18:50 return to young egrets to see progress
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