Green Spaces - Good for People, the Community, and the Country

Positives

• This video encourages students to advocate for more green spaces and volunteer to improve the environment.
• Colorful animations will keep students engaged.

Additional Prerequisites

• There may be ads before the video.
• The video does not have a narrator, so teachers may have to pause the video for younger students to read the text.

Differentiation

• In science classes, this video could serve as a hook for lessons on air and water pollution.
• Teachers could ask students to discuss the benefits of green spaces and then use a table to classify the benefits as urban, rural, people, or community.
• In English language arts classes students could write an informative paragraph about the relationship between green space and people's mental health.
• The video could be used in lessons on air pollution, biodiversity restoration, urban green spaces, or gardening.
• Other resources on this topic include this lesson on the value of urban trees and this video on the health benefits of green spaces.