What is the value of the Urban Forest?
A call for young scientists to go and learn about trees. These Science Week workshops will include fun activities, learning how to plant a tree and you will get to take a tree home.
The Environmental Institute are aiming to add thousands of plants to homes, community spaces and schools across Adelaide to revegetate Greater Adelaide and provide a means of sequestering carbon on a large scale; improving the local climate for inhabitants by increasing the shade effects and increasing the biodiversity within the city.
These workshops will help participants understand the value of trees, particularly in urban settings by encouraging participants to consider what makes a good urban tree by helping citizen scientists understand issues such as impact they are having on carbon, local micro-climate and biodiversity.
In this interactive workshop, school children will learn:
- What trees are and how they work
- How to pot a plant
- How to measure trees to monitor carbon capture
- Take a tree home to measure its growth
Session Times:
- Saturday 20 August 2022 | 10am – 11am | Findon Community Centre, Findon
- Saturday 20 August 2022 | 1pm – 2pm | Junction Community Centre, Ottoway
- Saturday 27 August 2022 | 10am – 11am | Findon Community Centre, Findon
- Sunday 28 August 2022 | 1pm – 2pm | John McVeity Centre, Smithfield Plains
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For more information and all enquiries please visit the National Science Week website
What: What is the value of the Urban Forest?
When: Saturday 20, Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 August 2022 | see times above
Where: Multiple locations (see above)
Who: 5 – 12 years
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Image Source: supplied by The Environmental Institute
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