Happy Cows Help Save the Planet
Overview
Costa Rica has become a world leader in agricultural and forestry practices that help reduce global warming by reducing carbon output -- but the real winners are ranchers and farmers who say environmentally sound practices save them money and benefit their livestock, their crops and their livelihoods.
Activity Type:
Video
Target Grade Level:
K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Estimated Duration:
6 minutes
Topics:
Food Systems
Possible Connections to NGSS |
Performance Expectations 3-ESS2-2: Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction. 4-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment. 5-ESS3-1: Combine and obtain information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth’s resources and environment. MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems. |
Created by:
World Bank
