Animal Interviews Videos

Overview:

Animal interview videos are 5-7 minute presentations on animals in Acadia. These videos can be used individually or as an extension with Amazing Animal Adaptations Virtual program or in-person adaptation field trips.

• Essential Question: How do adaptations help animals survive?
• Objectives: Students will be able to identify several species of animals that live in Acadia National Park and at least one adaptation that each animal possesses and how it helps them survive.
• Vocabulary: Adaptation, Camouflage, Predator, Prey, Endothermic (warm-blooded), Ectothermic (cold-blooded)
• Maine Standards:
  • E1 Biodiversity: Students compare living things based on their behaviors, external features, and environmental needs.
  • E2 Ecosystems: Students describe ways organisms depend upon, interact within, and change the living and non-living environment as well as ways the environment affects organisms.
• Next Generation Science Standards:
  • 3-LS4-3. Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
  • LS4.C: Adaptation: For any particular environment, some kinds of organisms survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

 

 

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  Meet a Snowy Owl

  When most people leave Acadia, a winter ghost swoops in. Meet a snowy owl who lives atop our highest mountains in the ice and snow all winter long.

  Duration:

  8 minutes, 21 seconds

 

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  Meet a Sea Star

  Sea stars live in the intertidal zone all around Acadia National Park. Learn all about how sea stars survive by meeting one!

  Duration:

  5 minutes, 1 second

 

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  Meet a Jack-o-Lantern Fungus

  Mushrooms dot the cool and dark forest floor throughout Acadia National Park. Learn all about how important fungi are to forest health by meeting a Jack-o-Lantern Fungus

  Duration:

  6 minutes, 31 seconds

 

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  Meet a Striped Skunk

  Known for their odor, striped skunks have so much more to offer. Learn about what makes a striped skunk special with this interview with one at Acadia National Park.

  Duration:

  9 minutes, 17 seconds

 

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  Meet a Lobster

  Everyone has heard about the famous Maine lobster. Come hear from a Maine Lobster on what life is like on the coast of Acadia National Park.

  Duration:

  9 minutes, 34 seconds

 

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  Meet a Spotted Salamander

  When people think about animals in Acadia they often overlook our amphibian friends. Spotted salamanders live here in Acadia National Park and here is one to help you learn how they survive in Acadia.

  Duration:

  6 minutes, 19 seconds

 

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  Meet a Silver-haired Bat

  So rarely do we ever get to see the nocturnal mammals that grace the skies while we sleep. Learn more about these unique animals by meeting a silver-haired bat.

  Duration:

  6 minutes, 38 seconds

 

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  Meet a Red Fox

  Red Fox are an elusive creature that live here in Acadia National Park. Learn from one of them about what adaptations red fox have that allow them to survive along the coast of Maine.

  Duration:

  8 minutes, 14 seconds