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Forestry/Natural
Resources Lesson Plans
Sixth through Eighth
Grade
Region Codes: PA = Pennsylvania;
ENA = Eastern North America; NA = North America
Note: North America includes Canada, the United States of America,
and Mexico
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Title |
Grades |
Keywords |
Region |
| Forest
History for Kids |
3-6 |
trenches,
slag pile, stumps, regrowth |
NA |
| Seeing
a Tree |
4-6 |
shapes,
progressive rhythm, outline, abstract, dendrology, taxonomy,
kingdoms, species, deciduous, coniferous |
NA |
| Fun
with Forest Facts |
4-8 |
botany,
ecology, social studies, plant identification, interactions
within ecosystems, forest resources |
ENA |
| Diary/Journal of a Sugar Maple |
5-6 |
deciduous, nutrients, photosynthesis, habitat, sap |
ENA |
| Dream
Park |
5-8 |
community
forest, urban forest, site, plant nursery, landscape architects,
design, forester |
NA |
| A
Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss, but a Fifth Grade Science Student
Does |
5-8 |
orienteering,
degree, quadrant, microhabitat |
NA |
| Tree
Treasure Collage |
5-8 |
harvesting,
lumber, paper, veneer, wood products, solid wood, bark, cork,
wood chips, pulping, collage, medium, design, textures, balanced,
center of interest, unified |
PA |
| Adopt
a Twig |
6 |
bud
scale, leaf bud, twig |
NA |
| Tree
Products Scavenger Hunt |
6 |
forest
products, sustainable forestry, consumers |
NA |
| Is
That Tree Safe? |
6-8 |
hazard
trees, earth science, ecology, math |
NA |
| Is
There a Doctor in the Treehouse? |
6-8 |
cankers,
fungus, galls, wilts, pests, borers, miners |
NA |
| Seed
Plants: Angiosperms |
6-8 |
angiosperms,
seed plants, flowering plants |
NA |
| Seed
Plants: Gymnosperms |
6-8 |
seeds,
gymnosperms |
NA |
| Sounds
Good to Me |
6-8 |
density,
deciduous, conifers |
NA |
| Uses
of Trees and Tree Products |
6-8 |
tree
uses, tree products, types of creativity |
NA |
| Wood,
I Like to Get to Know You |
6-8 |
veneer,
phloem, xylem, cambium, heartwood, springwood, summerwood, annual
ring |
NA |
| Wood,
Wood Everywhere |
6-9 |
wood,
cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, hardwood, softwood, veneer |
NA |
| Leaf
Collection |
7-8 |
Pennsylvania
forests, leaf collection, identification |
PA |
| Renewable
Resources: Ancient Civilizations |
7-8 |
renewable
resources, environmental impact, sustainability, ecosystem |
NA |
| How
Appropriate Is That Tree? |
7-9 |
tree,
planting trees, tree environments |
NA |
| Chemistry of Iron and Charcoal Manufacturing in Pennsylvania |
7-10 |
charcoal, Pennsylvania forests, chemical reaction, ground forest kiln, smelt |
PA |
| It's
All in the Rings |
7-10 |
tree
growth, tree health, tree anatomy |
NA |
| An
Introduction to Measuring the Forest |
7-12 |
pulpwood,
board foot, cubic foot, cord, forest inventory |
NA |
| Who
Cares about the Forest? |
7-12 |
cultural
impact on the environment, uses for wood, wood products, man
and the environment |
NA |
| A
Walk in the Woods |
8 |
canopy,
evergreen, deciduous, coniferous, biotic, abiotic, photosynthesis,
regeneration, etc. |
PA |
| Timber
Harvesting: A Civic Debate |
8 |
timber
harvesting, compromise, clear cutting, selective cutting, wildlife
management, silviculture, diameter limits, select cutting, high
grading, shelterwood cutting |
PA |
| Timber
Harvesting: A Civic Debate, Day 2 |
8 |
timber
harvesting, compromise, clear cutting, selective cutting, wildlife
management, silviculture, diameter limits, select cutting, high
grading, shelterwood cutting |
PA |
| Travels of a T-Shirt |
8 |
consumerism, natural resources, renewable/non-renewable resources, energy web |
NA |
| Wood
Identification Based on Density |
8 |
mass,
volume, density, characteristic properties |
NA |
| Identifying
Trees Using Their Leaves in the Summer |
8-9 |
trees,
identification, leaves, summer |
PA |
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