The Lion King Movie Guide (Animal Adaptations and Ecosystems)

Using The Lion King movie guide, students will engage with science concepts including ecosystems, animal adaptations, environmental changes, food webs (and food chains), and what a disruption to the environment can do to populations. Using movie guides in the classroom can make content interactive and relatable for your class. Movies provide a visual for the content covered in class, so students can see real world (or animated world) applications.. Movie guides help students focus on important details throughout at the movie and think critically about what they watch.

Movie Synopsis: The Lion King follows the journey of Simba, a young lion cub, as he struggles to figure out what he wants to do later in life. After his father, the king, is killed by his uncle, Simba runs away from home, because feels responsible for his father's death. As he grows up, Simba meets new animal species and makes new friends, who help him rediscover his strength and purpose. Eventually, Simba returns to face his uncle and take his rightful place as king of the Pride Lands, restoring balance to the ecosystem and to the kingdom.

Speaking and listening standards are also covered, depending on how many of the above topics you discuss in your classroom. The movie guide provides an opportunity for teachers to "get back" some of that class time at the end of a unit, whether needed for grading projects, working one on one with students, or finishing up assessments. Other students are engaged and still actively searching for the topics covered in the unit discussed.

The activities provided allow for:

• Class discussion

• Small group discussion

• Informal assessment

Movie Rating: G

Grades: 3rd - 5th

Tags: The Lion King, Disney, movie guide, natural resources, environment, ecosystems, animal adaptations, animals, species, populations, savannah, rainforest, desert

File type: PDF

Pages: 4 - including answer key