Reforestation and Responsible Forest Management
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Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
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Provided by The Nature Conservancy
What it is
- In this Nature Lab video, students will learn the importance of trees in sequestering and storing carbon and how people work to preserve and restore forests for better carbon sequestration.
- Students will learn how human practices impact forest biodiversity, how scientists measure the carbon storage of trees, about traditional ecological forest management, and how they can support sustainable forestry practices.
Teaching tips
Positives
- The pop quiz segments encourage student engagement.
- The video recognizes traditional ecological knowledge and the relationship between trees and Indigenous cultures.
Prerequisites
- Students should know how to find the circumference of a round object.
- Students should understand how carbon emissions contribute to global climate change.
- Teachers can introduce the measurement of hectares so students can participate in the pop quiz.
Differentiation & Implementation
- For a complete series of lessons on this topic, you can reference this unit by Nature Lab on the topic.
- After watching this video, students can walk outside and identify trees in their area and estimate the carbon storage in a particular area.
- To make math and data collection connections, students can utilize the equations referenced in the video to measure and calculate the circumference and carbon storage of nearby trees.
- Teachers can follow this video with a lesson about photosynthesis to help students understand how the trees capture, use, and store carbon.
- Students can create posters to inform others how they can support sustainable forestry.
From the scientist review
This video resource from The Nature Conservancy offers students a virtual field trip experience, exploring responsible forest management's role in restoring forest biodiversity and advancing broader conservation objectives. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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