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- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students research the harvesting of trees in the United States, select one article on tree harvesting and write a one page summary of the article, and state if they agree or disagree with the article's position on tree harvesting. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the ways which tree harvesting changes forest stand structure and how light affects forest stand dynamics. They identity six characteristics of forests affected by tree harvesting. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students see that a forest is more than a group of trees - it plays a vital role in the environment and provides valuable products used every day. This lesson provides many good ideas across the curriculum to study the value of forests. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the process in which to complete a forest volume cruise. They practice calculating the amount of lumber per acre of a given area. They share their results with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students discuss forest management dilemmas and make uninformed decisions as to whether they are appropriate management techniques. They draw bar graphs of the class opinion for each dilemma. They use media sources to become more informed on the issues and repeat the activity to see how they votes changed with more education. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students create a forest management plan while working in the school forest. They decide before their visit the school forest what their goals of forest mangement is for example, recreation, hunting, non-game wildlife, or timber production. Pupils work in groups according to the mangement goal. Students collect data on 1/10 acre plots and extrapolate out to the stand as a whole. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students recognize the role of of humans in the protection and preservation of natural environments. They analyze the interrelatedness of living and nonliving elements in forest ecosystems by creating posters, using vocabulary and by concept mapping. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - Higher Ed
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Students recognize the complexity that arises when attempting to develop workable strategies for managing forest resources. They identify different perspectives associated with current issues in forest management. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Higher Ed
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Students engage in a lesson that is related to the concept of harvesting. They conduct research using a variety of resources while focusing on the harvesting of trees from the forest. They also investigate the different types of jobs in forestry. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students examine and discuss benefits and process of harvesting trees, analyze, compare, and contrast computer-generated depictions of three different types of tree harvesting methods, read Harvesting Trees flier, and answer discussion questions. Full Review »
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