One of the most important deposits humankind can make isn't money. Explore the depths of the Svalbard Seed Vault using a video from the Veritasium playlist. The narrator and his guide examine the sealed cartons of seeds from nations across the globe and discuss the need for a variety of seeds in a changing climate.

Concepts

agricultural products, agricultural revolution, seeds, food production, the arctic, permafrost, the global community, climate change

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Make the video an addition to an ecology unit or lesson about global agriculture
• Follow up the resource with a look at other seed vaults throughout the world

Classroom Considerations

• Consider providing a map that shows the location of the vault
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Contains a link with additional reading about the seed vault
• Narrator explains the conditions required to keep seeds in long-term storage and skillfully relates that to the conditions present at the Svalbard vault
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2