Virtual BIFoR FACE

 

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Take a Walk Among Time Travelling Trees 

The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) is home to the Free-Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) experiment which aims to understand the impact of climate change on our forests. 

Why not visit one of the worlds largest climate change experiments without leaving your classroom? choose your tour below, here is a map of the route: 

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Self-Guided Tour of the Woodlands 

Narrated Tour of the Woodlands 
If you have a headset that allows you to click on things and/ or would like to explore the site at your own pace, this is the one for you! A link to the self-guided tour Links to an external site.is available too.  If you have a 'BIFoR in a Box' headset, and/ or prefer a narrated tour (where you don't need to click anything!) this is the one for you! A link to the narrated tour Links to an external site. is available too. 

BIFoR FACE Soundscape

BIFoR FACE PhenoCam

 

Composed by Dr Annie Mahtani

Associate Professor in Music at the University of Birmingham and a composer of electroacoustic music, specialising in acousmatic composition and multichannel audio.

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Curriculum Linked Resources Using the Virtual BIFoR 

This immersive activity, can trees time travel,  introduces the BIFoR FACE experiment and encourages learners to consider the impact of climate change on forest ecosystems. Learners work as a group to complete a virtual tour of BIFoR FACE before using knowledge gained to reflect on what makes a good research question  and begin to develop their own. Suitable for KS3, 4 and 5.