How Green Space Can Boost Your Health
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Grades6, 7, 8Biology, Health
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Provided by EcoHealth Ontario
What it is
- 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.
Teaching tips
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.
From the scientist review
The importance of trees in urban space is spotlighted in this resource. It includes prevention of respiratory conditions, UV rays on humans, cooling effects, air quality, health, etc. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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