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Can Trees Undo Climate Change?
Provided by: ClimateScience |Published on: April 27, 2021
Videos Grades 3-5, 6-8
Synopsis
- This video explores the effects of planting trees in relation to climate change.
- Students learn the process of carbon sequestration and how best to plant trees to help the environment.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: ClimateScience
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- Beautiful graphics and straightforward information.
- Highlights the need for coordinating with local communities in reforestation projects to promote social sustainability.
- It discusses three necessary steps for proper tree planting.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should have an understanding of climate change.
- Students should be familiar with terms like carbon dioxide, gigatonnes, terrestrial life and biodiversity.
Differentiation
- Teachers can show 1:20-2:03 of this video to teach 3rd-5th graders about carbon sequestration.
- The section from 2:30-3:52 that outlines how to properly plant trees could be used in a class discussion with 6th-8th graders.
- Teachers could also use section from 3:52-4:21 to explain the importance of forest preservation.
- Click here for a time-lapse video of Earth’s forests.
- Click here for an StC lesson plan for more solutions to climate change.
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