Reforestation: Impact on Climate
Provided by: The Nature Conservancy|Published on: August 7, 2025|Last updated: September 26, 2026
Grades: 6, 7, 8
Type: Lesson Plans
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Mathematics
Authors: Nature Lab by The Nature Conservancy
Location: Earth
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Synopsis
- In this resource from Nature Lab by The Nature Conservancy, students will understand how deforestation impacts the environment and how replanting trees can help sequester carbon.
- Students will hear from scientists, participate in a Socratic seminar, and measure trees outside to determine their sequestration power.
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Positives
- The Socratic seminar activity is an exercise in perspective-taking that will benefit students.
- Students will enjoy getting out in nature to identify and measure trees.
Prerequisites
- The link for the slideshow is broken. This link is for similar images from the same provider. Additionally, one of the links for the carbon footprint tools is broken.
- The link for the information on the species coefficient is also broken.
- Some of the links for additional resources are broken.
Differentiation & Implementation
- To make connections to language arts, students can analyze the word parts in reforestation and deforestation to determine their meanings.
- Many of the protocols in this lesson, such as the method for ensuring student participation in discussion and clock buddies, can be introduced and continued as regular, established procedures.
- For the tree identification activity, students can use this resource.
This resource from The Nature Conservancy introduces students to the role of reforestation in addressing climate change. It incorporates real-world data from peer-reviewed sources and global mapping tools to help students analyze carbon storage potential and compare reforestation strategies across regions. The data is sourced from reputable scientific studies and presented clearly. This resource would be a great addition to lessons on carbon cycles, land use, and nature-based climate solutions.
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