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Forestry/Natural
Resources Lesson Plans
Ninth through Twelfth
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 |
| Wood,
Wood Everywhere |
6-9 |
wood,
cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, hardwood, softwood, veneer |
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 |
| Identifying
Trees Using Their Leaves in the Summer |
8-9 |
trees,
identification, leaves, summer |
PA |
| Forest
Management Techniques |
9-10 |
sustainable
forestry, silviculture, forest management |
NA |
| Dendrology
Scavenger Hunt |
9-12 |
dendrology,
simple, compound, alternate, opposite, entire, toothed, lobed,
deciduous, coniferous |
PA |
| Forest
Forensics |
9-12 |
forest
history, reading the land, iron production, hot-blast furnace |
PA |
| History
of a Cookie |
9-12 |
forest
history, plant science, plant functions |
NA |
| How
Do They Know That? |
9-12 |
archeology,
local history, forest history, reading the land, Cooper Settlement |
PA |
| Leaf
Arrangement: Kinetic Cognitive Connections |
9-12 |
alternate,
opposite, whorled, simple, compound, leaf arrangement |
PA |
| Our
Family Tree |
9-12 |
cambium,
springwood, summerwood, annual ring |
NA |
| Selecting
Trees for Urban Environments |
9-12 |
compaction,
cultivation, habit, rate, resistant, susceptible, tolerant |
NA |
| Steps
for Taking a Cutting of Your Own Forest at Home |
9-12 |
media,
rooting hormone, hardwood cutting, softwood cutting |
NA |
| Sustainable
Forestry |
9-12 |
sustainable
forestry, forest sustainability, forest harvesting, forest regeneration,
interfering plants, overstory structure, high grading, stand
age structure, stand vertical structure |
NA |
| Tree
Leaves: Determining the Characteristis They Share in Common |
9-12 |
simple,
compound, alternate, opposite, whorled, entire, toothed, lobed,
deciduous, coniferous |
ENA |
| What's
a Tree Worth? |
9-12 |
Biltmore
stick, board feet, DBH, hardwood |
ENA |
| Forest
Fun |
10-12 |
orienteering,
topographic map, compass, bearing |
PA |
| Forest
Measurements |
10-12 |
forest
products, tree measures, forestry tools |
PA |
| Forest
Sustainability |
10-12 |
sustainability,
silviculture, clearcut, selterwood |
PA |
| Forest
Products |
11-12 |
forest
products, renewable, non-timber, energy, ecology, environment,
recreation |
PA |
| Forest
Stewardship Library Media Center Resources |
11-12 |
forest
management, biodiversity, watershed management, timber harvesting,
wildlife management |
NA |
| Harvesting
of Trees Library Media Center Resources |
11-12 |
trees,
logging, forest management, federal land use, ethics, politics |
NA |
| Use
of the Forest in the Economic Evolution of Oakville, Pennsylvania |
11-12 |
charcoal,
booms, splash dams, tannery, erosion, Great Depression, CCC,
eco-tourism |
PA |
| Examine
the Trees in Your Community Forest |
12 |
urban
forestry, community forestry, tree identification, keying, mapping |
NA |
Introduction
to Urban & Community Forestry: Why Do We Need Trees?
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12 |
urban
forestry, community forestry, function, aesthetics, values |
NA |
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