Description

Video guide for students to learn that there are thousands of types of bananas but Americans have eyes for only one kind! That one type of banana has a turbulent history and a grim future. The yellow Cavendish, which accounts for 95% of global banana exports is under threat by a fungus called Panama Disease. This video dives into the banana situation and explores the danger of monoculture.

Topics Include:

• All bananas we are eating nowadays originate from the Cavendish banana

• The banana that gave birth to the banana industry was the Gros Michel, which died out around 50 years ago, and was replaced by an inferior tasting but similar-looking Cavendish banana

• Bananas can only be grown by planting identical offshoots

• The monoculture of the Cavendish banana is putting the banana industry at risk because of the disease TR4

• TR4 has spread already too many countries and is affecting them financially and socially

• Scientists are trying to find a disease-resistant Cavendish banana to save the banana industry

Format:

– Digital-PDF for easy sharing or printing

– Video (about 14 minutes long) is hyperlinked directly into the guide for easy access

– Short answer and reflective questions

– Answer key included

⏳ Teaching Time

– Around 1 hour with class discussion

– Video is 12 minutes long

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