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Creating a Machine for Harvesting Timber

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the types of machinery used in harvesting timber and create a new environmentally friendly harvesting machine. They draw a picture of their machine and write about what it does. They share work with classmates.
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Lone Pine- Cultural Fire Management

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the concept of fire and how it was used by the Native Americans. The lesson plan has sufficient background information for the teacher to establish historical context. Students summarize the nine uses for fire...
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Changing New Brunswick Industries Through Changing Technologies

For Teachers 12th
Explore and examine the changes in New Brunswick forestry, shipbuilding, and communication through technology. Your class will research the "Saint John: an Industrial City in Transition," virtual exhibit and then prepare a presentation...
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Forest Management Techniques and Practices

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the different forestry techniques and the different harvesting choices.  In this forest management lesson students use a map to see the various types of forests and what harvesting practices should be used in the different...
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Map of the Ottawa Valley

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students locate Ottawa Valley on a map. They then answer questions in reference to the map such as: What was the first use of timber in the Ottawa Valley?, What occurred first in Gatineau?, and On the Ontario side of Ottawa River, how...
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Defining Agriculture and Natural Resources

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students define agricultural using concept maps. In this agriculture lesson, students use concept maps to determine the ideas that are related to agriculture such as farming, food, flowers, and forestry before defining the word...
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Mystery State #24

For Students 4th - 6th
In this mystery state worksheet, students answer five clues to identify the state in question. They then locate that state on a map.
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Peter and the Wolf: The Character of Instruments

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Is your class familiar with the tale of Peter and the Wolf? If they are, they will have fun testing themselves on how well they can identify each character by listening to the piece. This presentation acts as a quiz where the class works...
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Harvesting a Forest: How Would I Do It?

For Teachers 3rd
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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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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Forest Products

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students study forests and understand their reliance on forest products and examine their choices between renewable and non renewable resources.  In this forest products lesson students read several articles, complete a short writing...
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Harvesting of Trees: Library Media Center Resources

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research harvesting of trees in the United States and write a summary.  In this informative lesson students state whether they agree or disagree with an article and write a summary on why. 
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The Mighty Oak

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate types of trees. In this forestry lesson, students read the book The Mighty Oak and act out the story with a partner. Students discuss the types of trees in the book and plant an oak tree on school grounds.
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Size of Per Unit Quantity

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use various strategies to find the area of land, the area of forestry and the population of Japan and the US. In this size per unit lesson, 5th graders explore how to figure ratio. Students draw pictures to help better...
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Different Perspectives of Oregon's Forest Economic Geography

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars map data on employment in wood products manufacturing in Oregon counties. In this Oregon forest lesson, students discover the percentage of people employed in the forest manufacturing industry. Young scholars create a box...
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How Much Carbon is Held by the World's Forests?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify how much carbon is held by the world's forests. For this forestry instructional activity, 7th graders study the carbon cycle and discuss what role humans have had on climate change. Students write a one page...
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Trees and Their Parts

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners research trees and their parts. In this forestry lesson, students participate in various learning stations to identify trees by matching the photographs of the tree to the correct name.
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Deforestation: Can We See the Forest for the Trees?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine the cause and effect of deforestation and investigate possible solutions. They read and discuss an article, write an essay, and conduct research for a project involving a forest management interview, or analyzing uses of...
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Land Reinforcement

For Students 6th - 9th
In this land reinforcement worksheet, students complete 7 matching questions, 2 short answer questions, and 1 essay question about key points from their chapter on land conservation.
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The 400-acre wood

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this forest planning lesson plan, young scholars visit the 400-acre wood website and work in groups to learn about the specific aspects of forest development. Students create, label and color a forest planning map and present their...
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Trees and Erosion

For Teachers 1st - 7th
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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Harvesting Trees

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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Logging In the Maine Woods, Then and Now

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the major steps in the logging process in its early yeards during the mid-1800s. They research the sames steps in the logging process today and compare the two. Students explore the logging process of today and back in...
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Forest Appreciation

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners gain appreciation for the value of the forest. In this forest activity, learners discuss the benefits of forests and their products. They play a kinesthetic game about the consumers of the forest.  

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