Grasslands | Geography - Ecosystems and Biomes

Suitable for teaching 11-16s. Join Ferne Corrigan as she explains how plants, animals and people have adapted to survive in the temperate grasslands of America. Subscribe for more Geography clips from BBC Teach on Thursdays when we have them in: http://bit.ly/BBCSubscribeTeach If you found this video helpful, give it a like. Share it with someone. Add the video to your own teaching playlists. Create an account, subscribe to the channel and create playlists for different age groups, sets and syllabuses. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bbc_teach ===================== A trip along Route 66 to investigate temperate grassland, and its plants and animals. The locations of grasslands around the world are described followed by a brief description of the climate. Wildlife presenter Ferne Corrigan looks at the adaptations the bumblebees have made to survive in the region. She explains how the clever burrowing owls have adapted to live alongside prairie dogs and how the coyote’s adaptations enable them to survive in the grasslands. Adaptations of grasses and milkweed are explained, before looking at the impacts of American’s ploughing big bluestem grass in the 1930s, and finally how people use the land today in this biome. This clip is from the BBC series Ecosystems and Biomes. Ferne Corrigan explores the physical geography and wildlife in ten different biomes around the globe. For more clips from Physical Geography - Ecosystems and Biomes: http://bit.ly/TeachEcosystemsBiomes For our Geography playlist: http://bit.ly/TeachGeography For Class Clips users, the original reference for the clip was p03q0vkw. ===================== Teaching Geography? Follow this link for Teacher Notes: https://www.bbc.com/teach/class-clips-video/geography-ks3--gcse-the-wildlife-and-ecosystem-of-temperate-savannas/zdknvk7 This clip will be relevant for teaching Geography and Biology. This topic appears in OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC KS4/GCSE in England and Wales, CCEA GCSE in Northern Ireland and SQA National 4/5 in Scotland. ===================== For more clips from other subjects at the BBC Teach YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/bbcteach More resources for teachers from the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/teach More from BBC Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone More resources from BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education ===================== Subscribe to create your own customised playlists, and get notified about our latest clips. As we have them, new videos will be uploaded on the following days: Mondays: Biology, Computer Science, Music, Religious Studies Tuesdays: Drama and Performance, English Language, Maths, Physical Education Wednesdays: Languages, Media Studies, Modern Studies and PSHE, Physics Thursdays: Art and Design, Chemistry, Geography, History Fridays: Business Studies, Design and Technology, English Literature, Early Years