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Forestry/Natural
Resources Lesson Plans
Kindergarten through
Fifth 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
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| Forest
Stewardship |
K
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stewardship,
forest management |
NA
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| Maple
Syrup |
K
|
maple
syrup |
ENA
|
| The
History of Maple Syrup Production |
K-3
|
sugaring,
maple tree, sap, history |
ENA
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| Maple
Syrup Production |
K-3
|
sugaring,
maple tree, sap, natural resources, maple syrup |
ENA
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| Uses
of a Tree |
1-2
|
trees,
wood, paper, sap, food |
NA
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| Trees
and Their Parts |
2-3,
remedial reading
|
tree,
trunk, crown or canopy, deciduous, evergreen, photosynthesis,
fencing, regeneration, deer grazing |
NA
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| The
Giving Tree |
3
|
consumerism,
wants versus needs, benefits of trees, wood products |
NA
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| Let's
Start Growing |
3
|
endosperm,
embryo, seed coat, dormant, renewable resource, germinate |
NA
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| Recycling |
3
|
paper
recycling |
NA
|
| Tree
Growth |
3
|
tree
growth, annual rings, plant science |
NA
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| Wood |
3-4,
remedial reading
|
wood,
renewable natural resources, fibrous |
NA
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| Please
the Trees, But Not These, Please |
3-6
|
tree
growth, invasive plants, tree competition |
NA
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| Forest
History for Kids |
3-6
|
trenches,
slag pile, stumps, regrowth |
NA
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| Create
a Community Tree Tour |
4
|
tree
identification, tree natural history, map making, recycling |
NA
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| The
Community Forest |
4
|
community
forests, urban forestry, tree planting |
NA
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| How
Old Is That Tree? |
4
|
phloem,
cambium, sapwood, heartwood, pith, dormant, drought, photosynthesis |
NA
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| Succession |
4
|
tree
harvesting, succession |
NA
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| Transpiration |
4
|
transpiration,
stomata |
NA
|
| You
Can Make Paper |
4
|
papermaking,
forest products, recycling |
NA
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| Seeing
a Tree |
4-6
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shapes,
progressive rhythm, outline, abstract, dendrology, taxonomy,
kingdoms, species, deciduous, coniferous |
NA
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| Fun
with Forest Facts |
4-8
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botany,
ecology, social studeis, plant identification, interactions
within ecosystems, forest resources |
ENA
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| Being
a Forest Steward |
5
|
nonrenewable
resource, renewable resource, stewardship |
NA
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| Forests
Are Renewable Resources |
5
|
renewable,
nonrenewable, resources |
NA
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| Silviculture |
5
|
siliviculture,
timber, harvest, clear-cut, diameter limit cut, eve aged stand,
high grading |
NA
|
| Tree
Anatomy |
5
|
tree
anatomy, cambium, new wood, heartwood, inner bark, outer bark |
NA
|
| We
Need Trees and Their Oxygen Cycle |
5
|
photosynthesis,
carbon dioxide, glucose, chloroplasts, oxygen, respiration,
stomata |
NA
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| A
Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss, But a Fifth Grade Science Student
Does |
5-8
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orienteering,
degree, quadrant, microhabitant |
NA
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| Arbor
Day Tree Planting Hot List |
5-8
|
Arbor
Day, tree planting |
NA
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| Dream
Park |
5-8
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community
forest, urban forest, site, plant nursery, landscape architects,
design, forester |
NA
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| The
Man Who Planted Trees |
5-8
|
trees
and the environment, history, geography, French, language arts |
NA
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| 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
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