What Is Blue Carbon? The Ocean and Climate Change

• This video explores what parts of the ocean are useful for staving off global warming, how these sections of the ocean prevent further global warming, and how humans can protect these marine habitats.
• Students will learn that salt marshes and seagrasses are excellent at carbon storage, they keep Earth's temperature from increasing even further, and humans can protect these habitats by mindfully purchasing seafood and limiting pollutants that enter waterways.

Positives

• This video is full of beautiful visuals that were thoughtfully crafted.
• This video is concise and easy to understand.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should understand the carbon cycle and how it relates to climate change.
• Students need to understand the importance of maintaining Earth's ecosystems and biodiversity.
  

Differentiation

• This video could supplement an activity or lesson about the carbon cycle, decomposition, habitats, or the relationships between the sustainability of human populations and biodiversity.
• Have students evaluate the evidence and reasoning in this video to describe how coastal ecosystems are beneficial to natural and human environments.
  
• After watching the video, the teacher could lead a classroom discussion about other ways humans can protect coastal habitats.
• For a language arts course, have students evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, word choice, and tone used to present scientific information. Have them discuss how this affects the messaging and impact of the information.
  

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