Summary
SciGirls in San Juan compare the giant trees of the rain forest with the trees on their own street, measuring the shade, shelter and cooling a big tree gives a neighborhood. Bilingual (Spanish/English).
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Discussion
Full episode (28 min) from SciGirls, season 4.
- What does a big tree give the living things around it?
- How were the rain forest trees different from the city trees?
- What makes it hard for a tree to grow in a city?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: canopy, ecosystem, shade, measure.
Try it: Measure the trunk circumference of a nearby tree and estimate its shade area. Name two living things it helps.