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People & Trees

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Students see that people have developed new technologies and new products that increase efficiencies and maximize the productive use of each tree harvested. This lesson provides many good ideas across the curriculum to study forestry.

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forests, trees

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forests, trees, science
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4th - 5th
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Science
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