Temperate Forest Foundation: Resources for Teachers

Lesson Plans

Sixth through Eighth Grade

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• An Aspect of Forestry StewardshipGrade Level: 7 - 12

Keywords: Competitive, favorable habitat, stress tolerance, resource limits, opportunistic, ruderal , taxonomic grouping, characteristics, adaptive strategy, global zonobiome, principle of constancy

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• A Tree is an EcosystemGrade Level: 4 - 6

Keywords: Interdependence

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• Carbon CycleGrade Level: 7

Keywords: Carbon cycle, cellular respiration

TFF Materials needed:
• Poster: "Nature's Perfect Recycling Factory"
• DVD: "The Miracle Resource"

• Forest AppreciationGrade Level: 1 - 6

Keywords: Forest resources

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• Forest Climate ControlGrade Level: 8

Keywords: Climate, temperature, experiment, greenhouse gases, global warming

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• Eco-Links: Global Climate Change
• Eco-Links: The Tree That Changed the World
• Eco-Links: Climate Change: Forests Carbon Sequestration

• Growing ForestsGrade Level: 3 - 6

Keywords: Forest resources

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• How Does a Tree Grow?Grade Level: 8

Keywords: Annual rings, forest management, clear cut, sustainable forestry

TFF Materials needed:
• DVD: "The Miracle Resource"
• DVD: "The Dynamic Forest"

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

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• Land Use Change Over TimeGrade Level: 6 - 8

Keywords: Land use, local history, urban sprawl, change over time, suburban development, GIS

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• Measurement in the ForestGrade Level: 6 - 7

Keywords: Volume, density, graphing, metric conversion

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• Education Kit
• Materials: Acorns, wood cookies

• Measure Up!Grade Level: 6 - 8

Keywords: Measuring, metric, English

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• Our School—Our TreesGrade Level: 6

Keywords: Ecology, environmental awareness, tree science, geometry (circumference, diameter)

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• Quadrate LabGrade Level: 7-9

Keywords: Ecology, environmental awareness, ecological succession

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• Selecting the Best Material to use While Solving
a Technological ProblemGrade Level: 7 - 8

Keywords: Sustainability, renewable, strength, cost, aesthetics

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• Sustainable ForestryGrade Level: 7

Keywords: Sustainable, sustained yield, tree farm, harvest, generation, biological diversity, pure stand, selective cutting (thinning), competition, crop tree, dominant trees, codominant trees, intermediate trees, suppressed trees, seedling, sapling, mature trees, broadcast seeding, reforestation, forestry, ecosystem, nutrients, rotation, site preparation, slash

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• Tree ID BookletGrade Level: 7 - 12

Keywords: Conifer, deciduous

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• Trees, Logging, and WashingtonGrade Level: 8

Keywords: History, language arts

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• Using Density to Identify Wood TypesGrade Level: 6 - 8

Keywords: Sorting, classification, density, characteristic properties

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• 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

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• What’s in My Kitchen?Grade Level: 7 - 9 Spec. Ed.

Keywords: Wood, kitchen

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• "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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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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