How These Cities Are Saving the Planet

Provided by: The Kid Should See This |Published on: April 27, 2021

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This video, hosted by David Attenborough, shows how cities can boost biodiversity by incorporating sustainable designs that accommodate more plants, trees, and green spaces.
Students will see how Milan's Bosco Verticale and Singapore's Gardens by the Bay use innovative architectural design to integrate plants and wildlife into urban spaces.

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Subjects: Biology, Engineering, Computer Science

Authors: The Kid Should See This, BBC Earth

Region: Asia, Europe, Global

Languages: English

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Positives

Beautiful cinematography, cute animals, and interesting architecture will keep students engaged.
The video description provides a number of links to magazine articles about the structures in the videos.

Additional Prerequisites

Teachers may want to show students where Singapore and Milan are located on a map before watching the video.

Differentiation

Younger students could make a list of all the animals they observe in the video that benefit from the urban green spaces shown in the video.
Engineering, art, or design classes could design their own structures to house plants and trees in urban spaces. Students should consider irrigation needs (if applicable), structural elements, sunlight needs, etc.
Other resources on this topic include this interactive resource on the benefits of urban tree planting, this video on the importance of trees for humans, and this animated video about the benefits of trees in cities.

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