I am working on a unit on adaptations right now and students are watching Life - Hunters and Hunted. It's a fantastic video and I am willing to commit the 50 minutes of class time to it because I don't know of a better way for students to see so many evolved adaptations and analyze them. One thing that I have taken to doing is pausing the video after a specific scene
After this scene I always share how curious it is to me that everyone feels bad that the rabbit gets caught (spoiler alert if you didn't watch the video) I point out that rarely does anyone say "Oh!... poor stoat its going to starve if the rabbit gets away" But people don't I try to open up perspectives that animals aren't mean or nasty just hungry! Why do I do this? I guess I really do want students to think differently than the did before my class. I am biased. I want them to behave differently.
