Resource: Gorillas
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QuickTime Video
Length: 8m 21s
Size: 22.9 MB
In 1956, Snowflake, a white gorilla was captured in the wild and later housed in a zoo in Barcelona, Spain. In years past, captive gorillas were confined to cells alone and fed meat. Now scientists understand that gorillas are vegetarians and should live together as a family. Today, zoos construct environments to reflect gorillas’ natural habitats. In this video segment from Nature, discover how scientists have learned how to better raise and care for gorillas in captivity and learn about Colo, the first gorilla born in a zoo.
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Loading reviews...Teachers' Domain, Gorillas, published August 26, 2008, retrieved on ,
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl07.la.ws.process.gorilla/
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Frame (ELA) Are your thoughts, feelings, likes and dislikes, values, and experiences the same as those of your friends? Are they the same as the members of your family? Are they the same as your teacher’s? Are they the same as someone from another culture or another country? Would you agree that we all have different perspectives based on our varied thoughts, feelings, likes and dislikes, values, and experiences? With a friend, discuss each other’s perspectives about a relevant issue, such as drilling an oil well in the middle of Yellowstone National Park.
Focus (ELA) Watch the video to determine how scientists’ perspectives about raising and breeding gorillas in captivity changed based on new knowledge we gained about how gorillas live in the wild.
Frame (SCI) What animals do you see at a zoo? How do wild animals come to live in a zoo?
Focus (SCI) How do scientists learn how to take care of wild animals in captivity?
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Source: Nature: "Snowflake: The White Gorilla"
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