5th/6th GRADE FOREST CONSERVATION TOUR

Sponsors

Black Mountain Forestry Center

Longview Timber

Sierra Pacific

National Park Service - North Cascades National Park

Washington State Department of Natural Resources

United States Forest Service

Whatcom Conservation District

Whatcom County Farm Forestry Association

WSU \ Whatcom County Cooperative Extension

Natural Resources Conservation Service

 

Links

Washington Arbor Day Council

Smokey Bear

Washington Trails Association Online

Washington Forest Protection Association

WA Contract Loggers Association

 

Additional Links

TEACHER RESOURCES

Evergreen Learning Grounds
http://www.evergreen.ca/en/lg/plans_listing.html

Recycling
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/recycling/
http://www.paperrecycles.org/school_recycling/index.html

Society of American Foresters (Directory of sites)
http://www.safnet.org/education/educators.cfm

American Forests Organization
http://www.americanforests.org/

Washington Forest Protection Association
http://www.wfpa.com/

Washington Trails Association Online
http://www.wta.org/~wta/index.html

4-H Forest of Fun Resource Links Page
http://www.4-hcurriculum.org/projects/forestry/teacher_sites.html

FUN WEBSITES TO LEARN ABOUT FORESTRY

Dichotomous Tree Identifier
http://oregonstate.edu/trees

OMSI - Forest Puzzles
http://www.omsi.edu/visit/life/forestpuzzles/menu.html

Environmental Kids Club
http://www.epa.gov/kids/

Smokey The Bear for Kids
http://www.smokeybear.com/kids/default.asp

EXTENDED PROJECT LEARNING OPPORTUNITES

Hands on the Land
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profiles.cfm

Washington Nature Mapping Project (U of W)
http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/

Watershed Master/Beach Watcher Programs for the Classroom
http://whatcom.wsu.edu/environ/water/bw.htm

 

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