Instructional Video7:24
TED-Ed

The Networked Beauty of Forests

8th - 12th Standards
Forests are like Facebook, a social network of trees and other organisms that support and provide for each other. Professor Suzanne Simard describes how forests are wired for healing, but that they need our help. This video would be a...
Instructional Video0:03
Curated OER

Trees

4th - 12th
Trees are one of the most amazing life forms on the planet. Learn about the wonders, life cycles, and parts of trees. This is a beautiful and informative clip that will provide learners with a respect and understanding of why trees are...
Instructional Video2:16
Curated OER

Forest - Time Lapse

2nd - 4th
Plants, animals, insects, and life all around in this beautiful time-lapse clip. See the forest as it moves and grows. This clip is wonderfully scored and includes very little narration. Use perhaps as inspiration for a descriptive...
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: In a Forest's Breath, Deciphering Climate Clues

9th - 10th
Find out how climate change is affecting the forests in New England.
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Computer Science #34: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

9th - 10th
This episode discusses how computers make decisions on stored data? From spam filters and self-driving cars to cutting-edge medical diagnosis and real-time language translation, there has been an increasing need for our computers to...
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Hiking in Orgeon's Kalmiopsis

9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about life in the Kalmiopsis wilderness after forest fires destroyed the forest in 2002. Related links available.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Forest Canopy Researcher

3rd - 8th
Learn about a scientist who invented a tool to help her do her job. Watch how she climbs trees to study epiphytes that live in the forest canopy.