Golden Mole Lesson
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Conservation efforts are important to protect rare and endangered animals. To be successful, though, scientists need to know where animals live. One example is the golden moles in South Africa! Join us to learn about one of the first times researchers have successfully used environmental DNA to detect rare animals on land.
This lesson is based on “Environmental DNA from soil reveals the presence of “lost” Afrotherian species” in the journal Science and “How can we detect rare animals?” in Science Journal for Kids and Teens.
Check out the following resources for more information about golden moles, environmental DNA, and conservation efforts for endangered species:
Transcript
Hey everyone! Welcome to this interactive lesson from Science Journal for Kids and Teens. This lesson is all about detecting rare animals using environmental DNA (or eDNA) – and that’s just DNA in the environment. Scientists frequently use this technique in the ocean, but they haven’t used it much on land. So, join us to learn about how researchers used eDNA to find the elusive golden moles in southwestern Africa. Some of these animals are endangered and one species was even thought to be extinct.
This interactive lesson is based on peer-reviewed academic research and follows the same structure as a scientific paper: with an introduction, a methods, a results, and a discussion section. First we’ll start you off with a short video that has information in it. Then, you’ll see a list of key points. Make sure to take your time on this page to explore all of the interactive videos, graphs, and diagrams. The end of each section has a collection of checkpoint questions to make sure that you understood the information. These are really cool because they let you check your answers and you can even retry questions.
Once you’ve worked your way through the different sections of the lesson, make sure to take the final quiz. But be careful here because you can’t check your answers or retry questions like you could before. After you’re done, you’ll get to see your score and the questions that you missed.
Finally, you’ll get to a summary screen. You might want to take a screenshot of this to show your teachers that you actually completed the lesson.
We hope you have fun and learn a lot! Thanks for interacting with us here at Science Journal for Kids and Teens!
Conservation efforts are important to protect rare and endangered animals. To be successful, though, scientists need to know where animals live. One example is the golden moles in South Africa! Join us to learn about one of the first times researchers have successfully used environmental DNA to detect rare animals on land.
This lesson is based on “Environmental DNA from soil reveals the presence of “lost” Afrotherian species” in the journal Science and “How can we detect rare animals?” in Science Journal for Kids and Teens.
Check out the following resources for more information about golden moles, environmental DNA, and conservation efforts for endangered species:
Hey everyone! Welcome to this interactive lesson from Science Journal for Kids and Teens. This lesson is all about detecting rare animals using environmental DNA (or eDNA) – and that’s just DNA in the environment. Scientists frequently use this technique in the ocean, but they haven’t used it much on land. So, join us to learn about how researchers used eDNA to find the elusive golden moles in southwestern Africa. Some of these animals are endangered and one species was even thought to be extinct.
This interactive lesson is based on peer-reviewed academic research and follows the same structure as a scientific paper: with an introduction, a methods, a results, and a discussion section. First we’ll start you off with a short video that has information in it. Then, you’ll see a list of key points. Make sure to take your time on this page to explore all of the interactive videos, graphs, and diagrams. The end of each section has a collection of checkpoint questions to make sure that you understood the information. These are really cool because they let you check your answers and you can even retry questions.
Once you’ve worked your way through the different sections of the lesson, make sure to take the final quiz. But be careful here because you can’t check your answers or retry questions like you could before. After you’re done, you’ll get to see your score and the questions that you missed.
Finally, you’ll get to a summary screen. You might want to take a screenshot of this to show your teachers that you actually completed the lesson.
We hope you have fun and learn a lot! Thanks for interacting with us here at Science Journal for Kids and Teens!
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