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Please note: This video contains some short scenes of injured or dead seabirds, which some younger viewers may find upsetting. Teacher review is advised prior to showing to your class.

Video summary

A spoof news programme outlines the problems facing seabirds, including difficulties migrating, reduced fish stocks and littered beaches.

Students are encouraged to think about what they put down the toilet. Cotton buds and other non-biodegradable plastics can litter beaches and threaten marine wildlife.

Please note: This video contains some short scenes of injured or dead seabirds, in the context of demonstrating the challenges they face, which some younger viewers may find upsetting. Teacher review is advised prior to showing to your class.

This clip comes from the 大象传媒 series, See You See Me, Coastal Birds.

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Teacher Notes

  • Pupils could write stories based on the bird's journey of migration and the problems it comes across.
  • Encourage the pupils to identify the problems with bird migration and list all of the ways they could help. Pupils could then turn these ideas into a class assembly on conserving wildlife.
  • A school trip to the beach could be consolidated by watching this clip, sharing everyone's role in keeping British beaches clean and protecting seabirds.

This clip is relevant for teaching Science at KS1 in England and Wales, Foundation and KS1 in Northern Ireland, and early level and first level in Scotland.

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Animals. collection

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