This video is about the many farming practices that will be needed to feed a growing population a healthy diet, without further damaging the environment.
Students will learn about drones, sensors, drip irrigation, food waste solutions, agroforestry, and other nature-based solutions to encourage sustainable farming around the world.
Teaching Tips
Positives
The animation is engaging and the video has an inspiring solution-based message.
It provides different examples from all around the world where countries have implemented sustainable agricultural practices.
Additional Prerequisites
This Crash Course video can provide additional context about our use of land and this resource could provide context about the former agricultural revolution mentioned in the video.
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Differentiation
The Think tab has five multiple-choice questions and three open-ended response questions that could be used for an assessment or class discussion after the video.
The Dig Deeper tab links to resources to help students learn more and take action.
Students can use what they learn in this video to design and label their perfect farm for their specific area, or use this interactive game to help students learn about the side effects of some farming practices.
The video presents methods for innovative and smart farming to optimize food production. It can inspire students to innovate agricultural solutions to meet the increasing food demand. This is recommended for teaching.
Standards
This resource addresses the listed standards. To fully meet standards, search for more related resources.
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
MS-ESS3-3 Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems.
LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
HS-LS2-7 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
Dimension 2: Geography
D2.Geo.12.6-8 Explain how global changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use in particular places.
D2.Geo.10.9-12 Evaluate how changes in the environmental and cultural characteristics of a place or region influence spatial patterns of trade and land use.
Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)
Speaking & Listening (K-12)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.2 Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.2 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data.
This is a great resource! I had my students turn and talk about what their ideal farms would look like. Then we watched the video and answered the question. Finally, they updated their ideal farms based on what they learned and described in detail what problems their farms provide solutions for.