How Green Space Can Boost Your Health
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Provided by: EcoHealth Ontario|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This brief video from EcoHealth Ontario describes the benefits of trees and nature to human health.
- It makes the case for healthy ecosystems and more trees in urban areas to help filter pollutants from the air, capture carbon, and provide shade.
Subjects: Biology, Health
Authors: EcoHealth Ontario
Region: North America, Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- This video illustrates an important climate solution that also benefits human health.
- The video is brief but informative.
Prerequisites
- You may have to wait through a commercial to view the video.
- The video effectively ends after 44 seconds, when it transitions to updates on EcoHealth Ontario.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Science classes can use this as a hook for lessons about photosynthesis and the carbon cycle.
- Biology, anatomy/physiology, and health classes can use this in a lesson about the importance of clean air for respiratory and cardiovascular health.
- Social studies classes can discuss the connection between trees and human health using this lesson plan.
- Other resources related to this topic include What Happens if We Cut Down All of a City's Trees and Dear Future Generations: Sorry.
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