(The Author is a Curriculum Guidance Consultant empanelled with the Institute)
Crown Shyness: Trees Teach Us the Importance of Social Distancing
Earlier this week, we learnt how Trees are helping people overcome loneliness and depression during the Lockdown.
Explore another amazing facet of these gentle giants to teach your child the importance of social distancing.
Many tall trees maintain a safe distance as they grow up, their canopies (umbrella-like tops) maintain a ‘social distance’ from other canopies to avoid communicable or contagious infections and diseases.
If Nature can maintain a ‘social distance’ , we can, and we must, too!
Use the link to read more about this amazing story!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/07/tree-crown-shyness-forest-canopy/?cmpid=int_org=ngp::int_mc=website::int_src=ngp::int_cmp=substest::int_add=substestcontrol::int_rid=