Temperate Forest Foundation: Resources for Teachers

Lesson Plans

Third through Fifth Grade

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• A Tree is an EcosystemGrade Level: 4 - 6

Keywords: Interdependence

TFF Materials needed:

• Conservation of ProductsGrade Level: 3

Keywords: Conservation, recycle, reduce, reuse, resource, natural resource

TFF Materials needed:

• Forest AppreciationGrade Level: 1 - 6

Keywords: Forest resources

TFF Materials needed:

• Growing ForestsGrade Level: 3 - 6

Keywords: Forest resources

TFF Materials needed:

• Harvesting a Forest: How Would I Do It?Grade Level: 3

Keywords: Sustainable harvesting clear-cutting

TFF Materials needed:

• How Old Is That Cookie?Grade Level: K - 6

Keywords:

TFF Materials needed:

• Incredible WoodGrade Level: 3 - 5

Keywords: Hardwood, renewable resource, natural resource, lumber, forest management

TFF Materials needed:

• Logs to LumberGrade Level: 4

Keywords:

TFF Materials needed:

• Michigan's Lumbering History Yesterday, Today,
and TomorrowGrade Level: 4

Keywords: History of lumbering in Michigan

TFF Materials needed:
• Education Kit,
• DVD of Teacher Forestry Tour photos

• Our Forests Need Fires?Grade Level: 4 - 5

Keywords: Forest fires

TFF Materials needed:
• DVD: "Two Sides of Fire"
• Eco-Link: "Fire Ecology"

• Sorting and Classifying with Tree ProductsGrade Level: 4

Keywords: Sort, classify, manufactured, natural, trees, physical properties

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• Tree CyclesGrade Level: 4

Keywords: Outer Bark, Inner Bark, Phloem, Cambium, Xylem, Heartwood, Pith

TFF Materials needed:

• Tree IdentificationGrade Level: 5

Keywords: Sustainable forestry, forest sustainability, deciduous, coniferous, dichotomous, dendrology, alternate, economic use, ecological impact, growth cycle

TFF Materials needed:

• Using Logos and Mission Statements to Communicate
Sustainable Forestry InformationGrade Level: 5 - 6

Keywords: Cross Content:
1) Mass media – using logos and mission statements to represent ideas
2) Environmental awareness

TFF Materials needed:

• Wood is Everywhere!Grade Level: 5

Keywords: Layers of the forest, photosynthesis (food cycle of plants/trees), producer, consumer, tree cookie, woodland stick, habitat, forestry, nutrients, perennial, snag, nurse log

TFF Materials needed:
• DVD: "It Takes a Tree",
• DVD: "The Miracle Resource"
• Education Kit: tree cookies, acorn, red oak sample

• "Wood You Believe?" Wood ProductsGrade Level: 5 - 8

Keywords: Forest sensory activity, wood products, forestry, science, agriculture, social studies, economics

TFF Materials needed:
• Education Kit

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Lesson Plan Disclaimer

The ideas and guidelines contained in the lesson plans do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Temperate Forest Foundation. Lessons may be submissions from educators and have not been tested in classrooms by The Temperate Forest Foundation. They are published online as a service to help educators share ideas with other educators.

These lesson plans are for personal use only and may not be republished or redistributed by any method now known or developed in the future.

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