Resource: Squirrel Rehabilitation
Media Type:
QuickTime Video
Length: 4m 44s
Size: 13.0 MB
Mia rehabilitates squirrels in this segment from WILD TV. Mia’s mother is a state licensed animal rehabilitator. She rescues and takes care of orphaned or injured wildlife with the goal of returning them back to the wild when they are healthy and old enough to survive on their own. Mia and her mother do not get paid to do this. They do volunteer work because they care for animals. The video shows Mia feeding baby squirrels. However, to survive in the wild, the animals learn to be skittish of people and predators.
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Transcript (Rich Text Format Document)
Teachers' Domain, Squirrel Rehabilitation, published October 7, 2008, retrieved on ,
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl07.la.ws.process.squirrels/
- Frame and Focus
- Follow Up
- Connections
- Standards
The following Frame, Focus and Follow-up suggestions are best suited for elementary or middle school students using this video in an English language arts or science lesson. Be sure to modify the questions to meet your students' instructional needs.
What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?
Frame (ELA) Summarize what you did last night. What does it mean to summarize something?
Focus (ELA) Think about how you would summarize this video segment.
Frame (SCI) What might happen to baby squirrels if their parents were killed and they were too little to survive on their own? What does an animal rescuer do?
Focus (SCI) What does an animal rescuer have to know to be able to take care of baby animals like the baby squirrels in this video segment?
Source: WILD TV: "Wildlife in the City"
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Funding for the VITAL/Ready to Teach collection was secured through the United States Department of Education under the Ready to Teach Program.



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