Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2
Description
In this video Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 -- an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life in the harshest of environments -- through this video one learns about the necessary components of a biosphere and the need to constantly keep the millions of elements within it in balance, mirorring the situation occuring in Biosphere 1 (Earth)!
Jane goes on to disscuss the ways in which man-made biospheres can be beneficial to us in the future and introducdes a number of new technologies that were developed in Biosphere 2 that will help us to live in more hostile environments.
Time Required: Video = 15 minutes
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Teachers Notes
Excellent way to help introduce the idea of biodiversity. After watching the video students can build/design their own biosphere, and be asked to include anything they feel would be necessary to help sustain biodiversity...
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Source:TED
Resource Type:Video
Subject(s):Science, Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies,
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Ecosystems, Food and Agriculture,
Level:Secondary
Grade: 9 10 11 12