Soil Carbon Sequestration and the Soil Food Web
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Provided by: Soil Food Web School|Published on: May 20, 2022
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Synopsis
- This animated video introduces students to the benefits of fungi in the soil and how it plays an important role in combating climate change.
- Using animations and visuals, the narrator explains how plants capture carbon and transfer it into the soil, where fungi plays an important role in storing it for very long periods of time.
- Using graphs, data, and mathematical calculations, the video explains how fungi in the soil can be a very effective tool in the fight against climate change.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Soil Food Web School
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This video is a great introduction to explaining the carbon cycle and the important role of fungi in the carbon cycle.
- The chalkboard math problems can be used to incorporate math skills into this lesson.
Prerequisites
- While not required, it would be helpful if students already had a basic understanding of the carbon cycle before watching.
- The video shows a graph with data collected from ice cores. This resource could be used to provide some context for this section.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Students in biology classes can watch this video as part of a lesson on the carbon cycle, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, decomposition, and food webs.
- This resource can be used along with this video about how trees use fungi to communicate with each other and send nutrients to their offspring. This could incorporate SEL and ethics, as trees and other organisms are capable of protecting themselves, their family members, and communicate with each other.
- Students can investigate the soil at their school or near their home as an extension activity and discuss how pesticides impact the ability of fungi and other organisms to live in the soil.
- Similar resources include this video about regenerative farming practices, this video about the cycling of matter in ecosystems, and this module about soil and the carbon cycle.
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