Temperate Forest Foundation: Resources for Teachers

Lesson Plans

Ninth through Twelfth Grade

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• A Closer Look at WoodGrade Level: 9 - 10

Keywords: Hardwoods, coniferous trees, density, pressure-treated wood, pulpwood, engineered wood products, bole, extractives, silviculture, sustainable forestry

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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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• Basic Tree and Forest MeasurementsGrade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: Forest, stand, breast height, basal area, DBH-diameter at breast height, log rule, log scale, Scribner rule, merchantable height, silviculture, clinometers, calipers, diameter tape

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• Creating a Basal Area Measuring TapeGrade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: Forest Plots, productivity, biomass, board foot calculations, diameter, circumference, basal area, diameter breast height (dbh)

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• Elodea LabGrade Level: 9

Keywords: Photosynthesis, plants

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• The Exceptional Nature of CelluloseGrade Level: 10 - 12

Keywords: The challenge of converting biomass to energy

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• Eco-Links: "Biomass for Energy and Forest Fuel Reduction"

• Finding the Basal Area of a Forest Plot to
Determine Stocking LevelsGrade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: Basal Area, forests plots, diameter breast height, stocking levels, plotting, graphing, carrying capacity, competition, thinning, replanting

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• Flower DissectionGrade Level: 7 - 10

Keywords: Plant reproduction, anatomy

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• Forestry and Changing FeelingsGrade Level: K - 12

Keywords: See glossary of terms for the Teachers Forestry Terms.

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• Forestry FunGrade Level: 9 - 10

Keywords: Forests, lumber, forest awareness

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• How are Forests Managed in Our Region?Grade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: Forestry, foresters, sustainability, best management practices, ecosystem services

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• How Does Preserving Wilderness Enhance Forestry:
The Art and Science of Managing Forests?
(I.e. How can we develop and maintain healthy relationships to
solve environmental issues that affect everyone?) Grade Level: 10

Keywords: Friendship, common ground, natural environment, biodiversity, citizen participation, special interests, global issues, government, stewardship, cooperation

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• How Much Energy is Stored in Wood?Grade Level: 8 - 12

Keywords: Energy, calorimetry, renewable resources

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• How to Figure Board Feet and Cost of a BoardGrade Level: 6 - 12

Keywords: Board feet vs. linear feet, length, width, thickness, grain direction, cubic inches, volume vs. area, solving equations

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• I Wood if I CouldGrade Level: 10

Keywords: Individual

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• Living With the Threat of WildfireGrade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: Science, Social Studies

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• Marbelizing PaperGrade Level: 9

Keywords: Paper Recycling-an example of sustainability, pulp, flax, marbalizing technique, ecosystem, cellulose.

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• Moisture Content ActivityGrade Level: 6 - 12

Keywords: Moisture content, green wood, oven/kiln dry, air dried, shrinkage / swelling, dimensional changes

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• Ownership of LandsGrade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: Investigating land ownerships in the USA

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• Our Forest is ChangingGrade Level: 9 - 10

Keywords: Invasive species, canopy, fungus, insect, exit hole, Emerald Ash Borer, epicormic shoots, larvae, woodpecker, population, Beech Scale Disease, ecosystem, climax forest, opportunistic species, succession

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• Quadrate LabGrade Level: 7-9

Keywords: Ecology, environmental awareness, ecological succession

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• Replanting my HouseGrade Level: 10 - 12

Keywords: Board feet, renewable

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• Soil SlopeGrade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: Soil slope

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• To Clear or Not to ClearGrade Level: 10 - 12

Keywords: Ecology, environmental science, bioethics, environmental ethics, earth science, engineering

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• The Tree Detective—Basic DendrologyGrade Level: 11 - 12

Keywords: Classification, dendrology, alternate, opposite, compound, simple, serrated, lobed, coniferous, deciduous

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• Tree IdentificationGrade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: Industrial Arts

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• Tree ID BookletGrade Level: 7 - 12

Keywords: Conifer, deciduous

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• Using Pine Trees as a Record of Yearly
Environmental ChangeGrade Level: 10 - 12

Keywords: Ecology, biology, environmental science

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• Warming by Freezing!Grade Level: 9

Keywords: Phase change, heat transfer

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• Water Quality and Pollution Web QuestGrade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: Natural resources, water resources, water quality, water pollution, web quest

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• What Role Do Forests Play in Continuing or Renewing
Our Planet's Resources?Grade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: Ecology, photosynthesis, symbiosis, forestry, forest regeneration, mutualism, depletion of natural resources

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• What's in a NameGrade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative)

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

Keywords: Wood, Kitchen

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• What’s In Our Woods?Grade Level: K - 12

Keywords: Environment, forest, species, invasive species, conservation, steward, ecology, biodiversity, habitat, populations, edge effect, spatial dispersion, biotic, abiotic, animals, plants, fungi, protozoan, insects, birds, leaf & plant collections, insect collections

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• Where Does it All Come From?Grade Level: 11 - 12

Keywords: Lumber, renewable resource

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• DVD: "The Miracle Resource"
• DVD: "The Dynamic Forest"

• Which Sides are You on? A Critical Issue DebateGrade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: Economics, politics, public speaking, science areas (forestry, hydrology, biology, geology, etc.), sustainability, social responsibility, etc.

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• Wood A Natural Renewable ResourceGrade Level: 9 - 12

Keywords: Wood, renewable, resource

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• DVD: "The Miracle Resource"
• DVD: "The Dynamic Forest"

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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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