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Tree Riddle Book
Fourth graders study the tree identification cards, identifying conifers sheet, and western forest cards. From the information gathered from these resources, each team help create a tree riddle book of 12 trees of Washington State.
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Log Hotel
Pupils identify how the different plants and animals work together to cause the changes in the log. Students discuss the sequence of events in the life of the tree and log. Pupils plant a seed to take home and care for. Students retell...
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Forest Dwellings: Toad House
What a great project to use as part of an exploration of animals or habitats. Learners design a clay model of a home for a forest animal. This could be a great way to cement what your class has learned about habitats.
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Forest Loss Slows as Asian Nations Plant
Middle schoolers survey the loss of forests around the world. In this environmental lesson, students read an article that outlines how forests are being lost and government interaction which encourages forests to be rebuilt. Activities...
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Old Growth Forest Mural
Students explore the four characteristics of an old growth forest. In this forest lesson, students research old growth forests and their inhabitants. Students work in four separate groups and create a mural for their characteristic of an...
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Ancient Ones
Students read the story Ancient Ones about a forest that is connected to all the life around it. In this reading lesson plan, students also create a tall folding book about the forest.
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Seed Types
Students dissect seeds. In this seed dissection lesson, students discover the anatomy of seeds. After dissecting seeds, students hypothesize and design the perfect seed to survive in a dry forest.
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Layers of the Forest
Young scholars explore rain forests. In this rain forest ecosystems lesson, students identify and describe the layers of the rain forest. Young scholars paint and decorate a large rain forest mural. Students write riddles about animals...
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Forest as a Filter
Students experiment using soil and water. In this forest as a filter lesson, students identify the role of forest cover, vegetation, and foliage impacts erosion and evaporation. Students conduct a simple experiment, form a hypothesis,...
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Dissecting Owl Pellets
Students dissect owl pellets. In this dissecting owl pellets instructional activity, students discuss birds of prey and make predictions about what they may find during the investigation. Students tease out skull and bones and try to...
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Producers -- Focus on Trees
Learners examine the needs of trees and plants. For this forest ecosystem lesson students use seedlings to investigate the basic necessities of plants. They discuss the consequences of these basic needs not being met.
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North American Biomes
In this Science worksheet, students color a biome map of North America. Students color the map by solving the clues listed on a separate sheet of paper.
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Forest Food Chains and Webs
Students explore forest ecological systems. In this ecology lesson, students classify forest plants and animals according to their ecological roles. Students play a related vocabulary guessing game. Students choose a card on which a...
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Contrasting Landscapes - UBC Farm Field Trip
Students visit the UBC Farm. In this lesson plan on various landscapes, students spend a day at the University of British Columbia exploring the farm and trail adjoining the campus. This lesson plan could be modified for use in any...
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Trees and Erosion
Students examine the connection between trees and erosion. In this erosion lesson students experiment with the effects of rain on a hillside. Students investigate the number of trees and the amount of erosion.
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Exploring Forest Objects
Learners explore the forest. In this ecosystems lesson, students rotate through sensory activity centers, brainstorm, and read about temperate forests.
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Layers of the Forest- Leaf Litter
Students conduct an experiment. For this temperate forest lesson, students discuss what kind of animal life can be found in the forest. They read The Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad: A Book About Decomposition and complete an...
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The World's Forests
Young scholars examine the world's forests. In this forest lesson, students gain knowledge about the sustainability of forests. Young scholars break into groups and brainstorm why forests are so important to our world. Students discuss...
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The Miracle Resource - From Forest to Products
Young scholars create a collage of wood products labeled by type of wood product. In this product engineering lesson, students work in groups to find pictures of solid wood products, engineered wood products, wood pulp, paper products,...
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The Rainforest
Students learn the characteristics of the rainforest. In this rainforest lesson, students read stories about the rainforest and discuss them. Students work in groups to brainstorm all the facts they know about the rainforest and then...
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Forests Need People
In this forests and people lesson, 3rd graders brainstorm what forests are used for, discuss forest habitats, and how human interventions have affected trees and animals that depend on the forest environment. Students read the books,...
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Harvesting a Forest: How Would I Do It?
Third graders design a machine for clear-cutting an area of forest. In this agricultural technology instructional activity, 3rd graders are read selections from American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osbourn, discuss how trees are harvested...
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Our Forests Need Fires?
Learners consider how forest fires are both damaging and beneficial to forests. In this earth science lesson, students are read the book Fire! In Yellowstone by Robert Ekey and watch "Fire Ecology" and "Two Sides of Fire" before...
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Land Environments
In this land environments worksheet, students will complete a table by filling in the climate, dominant plants, and characteristic animals for 6 different habitats.