Resilience

The ability to stay strong and healthy when life changes or gets difficult. What helps you stay strong and healthy? What helps your community? What helps plants and animals stay strong when there is a natural disaster like a tsunami, pests, or disease?

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Natascha McElhone Reads a Passage About Trees

WanderNatascha McElhone narrates a tour of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for an episode of Wander — a lovely series by filmmaker Beau Kerouac, benefiting Britain’s Mental Health Foundation and helping quarantined people virtually visit some of the world’s most beloved parks and cultural institutions, accompanied by some of the world’s most beloved literary and artistic voices. Natascha chose a wondrous 100-year-old love letter to trees by Hermann Hesse. Take a listen!

The Palestinian Seed Queen

Mariam Shahin, AlJazeera

Why Are There So Many Insects?

TedEd, Murry GansIf insects suddenly morphed into large beings and decided to wage war on us, there’s no doubt that humans would lose. There are an estimated 10 quintillion individual insects on earth, outnumbering humans by more than a billion to one. So what’s their secret to success? Murry Gans details the reasons behind insect resilience.

Goo and You: Butterfly Metamorphasis

Radiolab for Kids, WNYC Studios

Last Call for the Bayou

The Smithsonian

The Wild World of Carnivorous Plants

Ted Ed, Kenny Coogan

Student Questions (Responses)

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