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Introduction to Urban & Community Forestry: Why Do We Need Trees?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders construct a timeline to show changes and trends in the future of urban and community forestry. In this forestry lesson, 12th graders discuss the importance of trees. They read a timeline and add future events to show...
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Forest Sustainability

For Teachers 10th - 12th
High schoolers study major forests and their history. They see what sustainable forestry and silviculture is and discuss the topics on the attached worksheet.
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Timber Harvesting: A Civic Debate, Day 1

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders develop an understanding of the strategies used in the sustainability of forests.  In this timber harvesting lesson students identify and analyze the importance of forests and their management techniques. 
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Timber Harvesting: A Civic Debate

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders analyze and identify the importance of our forests and how to manage them properly.  In this tree lesson students read forestry material and come up with different alternatives to the identified problems. 
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A Closer Look at Wood

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners examine forests as a renewable resource and conservation practices.  In this conifers lesson students complete a lab activity on the different types of wood. 
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Harve and Ester's Tree Company

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars examine the role of trees in their lives. They identify products that come from trees and their uses. They are read a book about trees as well.