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The Networked Beauty of Forests Instructional VideoThe Networked Beauty of Forests Instructional Video
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TED-Ed
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Grade
8th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
7:24
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Year
2014
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The Networked Beauty of Forests

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Forests are like Facebook, a social network of trees and other organisms that support and provide for each other. Professor Suzanne Simard describes how forests are wired for healing, but that they need our help. This video would be a strong addition to your environmental science unit on climate change, or simply as a lesson on how humans impact the environment.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

global warming, climate change, deforestation, forests

Additional Tags

deforestation, forest, global warming, climate change, mycorrhiza, science

Pros

  • Many links to other videos and articles are provided 
  • Editable questions can be used for assessment or class discussion
  • A stirring and hopeful speech on the effects of deforestation

Cons

  • The audience appears to be a middle school group, who are not particularly engaged by the topic; it is probably best used with high schoolers

Common Core

RH.11-12.7 RST.9-10.9 RST.11-12.9

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