Author:
Pacific Education Institute
Subject:
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Level:
Middle School
Tags:
  • Climate Science
  • ClimeTime
  • Forests
  • Middle School
  • Middle School Science
  • Solutions
  • Urban
  • climetime
  • wa-ela
  • License:
    Creative Commons Attribution
    Language:
    English

    Education Standards

    PEI SOLS Middle School Urban Forestry: Ecosystem Benefits of an Urban Forest

    PEI SOLS Middle School Urban Forestry: Ecosystem Benefits of an Urban Forest

    Overview

    Urban forests provide many benefits to a community and can minimize the human impact on the environment. Students will explore the impacts an urban community has on the environment. Students will discover the role trees play in an urban community and how trees can affect the ecosystem, human wellbeing, and provide economic value. Students will explore Indigenous relationships with trees. During the course of this storyline, students will measure and monitor urban forest ecosystem benefits, perform a field investigation, and design a development to minimize negative environmental impacts