Seven Worlds, One Planet – South America

From the bone-dry deserts of the Atacama, where penguins weave their way through a minefield of snapping sea lions, to the lush cloud forests of the Andes, where Andean bears scale 30-metre trees in search of elusive fruits, South America is full of the unusual and ingenious. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

This film was submitted to the SCINEMA 2021 International Science Film Festival and was selected to feature in our Animals, Nature and School categories. It also achieved the Best Film award at the festival. The filmmaker has kindly allowed us to continue to show the film beyond the festival. Watch it below and download the accompanying educational resource for fun activities to use with your students.

Video Length: 49:00 mins

Film Description

From the bone-dry deserts of the Atacama, where penguins weave their way through a minefield of snapping sea lions, to the lush cloud forests of the Andes, where Andean bears scale 30-metre trees in search of elusive fruits, South America is full of the unusual and ingenious. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

Lesson Inspiration

This film explores the relationship between the living things in South America and their dependence on each other. It is well suited to students learning about food chains and the importance of ecosystem stability.

Useful when:

Demonstrating the co-dependence within an ecosystem and the variety of species that live within an ecosystem. It builds upon prior learning of the features of animals and begins to develop an understanding of food chains.

Year: 4

Topics:

Biological Sciences – Ecosystems

Additional – Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability.

Concepts (South Australia):

Biological Sciences – Interdependence and Ecosystems

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