| Why Save The Trees? | | | | Crossword puzzle-uses for trees. How to protect |
| Grades 6-9 SOL OBJECTIVES: LA | | | | trees. |
| 6.1,6.2,6.3d,6.5,6.6 MA 6.18,6.20,6.7,6.8,6.9 | | | | website has a great article called:What Can We |
| SCI 6.9, 6.1 a-k, 6.2d SS USII.5 a-d, USII.7, USII.8 | | | | Do to Save Trees? |
| Purpose | | | | Found at epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/pdfs |
| To understand that trees are a valuable natural | | | | k-3.pdf |
| resource, and without their survival, technology | | | | Excellent site for extended activities |
| and life as we know it can change drastically. | | | | Lab Project: Create a terrarium to grow and take |
| Context | | | | home. |
| Until the fifth grade, most students understand | | | | Assessment |
| that trees are a natural resource and that they | | | | Students will present their data in their notebooks. |
| supply us with everything from paper to the | | | | Students will be able to discuss the objective of |
| homes which we live. Transferring the concept on | | | | the lesson and finish the K-W-L sheet |
| a higher level thinking realm is one of the most | | | | Students will make a terrarium and experiment |
| difficult challenges we face teaching, and the most | | | | with different soils/ document data. |
| difficult concept children face learning. If you were | | | | Students will complete a final project of their |
| to do a K-W-L with students in the younger | | | | choice for a graded assignment using at least |
| years, all trees are the same, and there is no | | | | three software applications WORD, PUBLISHER, |
| concept of how it is pureed into mash for paper, | | | | DIGITAL, VIDEO EQUIPMENT, POWER POINT, |
| cut into lumber to build yet alone used for energy. | | | | INSPIRATION SOFTWARE, NATIONAL |
| By the time they get to 5th grade student | | | | GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES OR WINDOWS ON |
| interest increases and it becomes harder to find a | | | | SCIENCE |
| method tokeep their interest. For kids, finding out | | | | At the end of the week a Q&A sheet on |
| that there are over 20,000 types of trees, pulls in | | | | Save the Water will be passed out and will ask |
| their attention. For the teacher it gives plenty of | | | | similar questions |
| room to expand and direct the curriculum and | | | | Where does it come from? |
| instruction to higher level thinking skills and | | | | How much did we have? |
| knowledge. | | | | What do we have now, why less? |
| This lesson introduces the history of trees, not | | | | What is water used for? |
| just the type of trees. It discusses why they | | | | What will happen without it? |
| must be saved in order to keep benefit humans, | | | | What can we do to save it? |
| animals and our Earth. Students will learn by about | | | | Students may use any resources to complete the |
| the history of plants and that they have been | | | | sheet. |
| around on the earth longer then any other | | | | There is a saying: "Ancestors plant trees so that |
| organism. This lesson will focus on the past use of | | | | their offspring can have shade." |
| our natural resource and the options we have in | | | | Extensions |
| saving trees to continue providing some of the | | | | Language: The Lorax by Dr. Seuss |
| groundwork for the things we need to survive in | | | | Math: Measure the age of a tree by it's rings |
| the next century. | | | | Science: Visit a paper mill or newspaper plant |
| Students will be introduced to the "Tree Doctor" | | | | Social Science: Join and environmental club |
| and learn what they can do to help save the | | | | USING THE NEWSPAPER- Current articles/events |
| trees. The will also be made aware of occupations | | | | about trees |
| that are focused in the area of forestry. | | | | Additional Resources |
| ____________________ | | | | The Wonderful World of Trees on the |
| Planning Ahead | | | | freenetwork.umn.edu/kids/ website |
| Materials | | | | The National Arbor Day Foundation: Benefits of |
| 1 Black and white notebook (or similar) to keep | | | | Trees at arborday.org |
| your research and data | | | | USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory |
| Your Online Web quest Sheet - QUESTO | | | | found at fpl.fs.fed.us/tmu website |
| Computers- bookmarked portal or pages | | | | Products Made From Wood found at uky.edu |
| Printed information in case the electricity goes out | | | | Agriculture/Forestry/conners/WoodUses.pdf |
| and computers don't work. | | | | website |
| Websites can be downloaded to a CD in case the | | | | American Forest & Paper Association: Pulp |
| internet is down, you can work off line | | | | & Paper, Fun Factsafandpa.org/Content |
| Worksheets-graphic organizers | | | | NavigationMenu/Pulp_and_Paper/Fun_Facts |
| VCR/DVD players, video and computer | | | | Fun_Facts.htm |
| projectors | | | | How Trees Work for Us at borealforest.org |
| Software- Inspiration, National Geographic, | | | | school/trees.htm |
| WINDOWS on Science | | | | The History of Maple Syrup in America |
| Motivation | | | | :members.iquest.net/~childers/maple/hist.html |
| In the morning have small saplings around the | | | | __________ |
| room and the lab set for experiment. | | | | Vocabulary |
| Show United Streaming Video -The Biggest and | | | | Adaptation |
| Oldest Living Things. Found on | | | | Adjustment to environmental conditions. Young |
| unitedstreaming.como An Introduction to Treeso | | | | people adapt well to change. The black spruce is |
| Learning About The Pasto Appreciating Trees | | | | well adapted to Quebec's cold climate |
| Have students preview their QUESTO sheet. This | | | | Biological control |
| sheet will direct them to websites and activities | | | | The use of natural predators and parasites to |
| that will help them transfer what they know, | | | | reduce the populations of insects that ravage |
| what they need to learn and how they can | | | | forests. The use of natural agents, such as fungi, |
| compile data to determine what they can do. | | | | bacteria, or viruses, to control or fight against |
| By using the computer lab and a main computer, | | | | undesirable species. |
| show the students a tabbed version of the | | | | Bush |
| websites they will visit today. Leave a tile version | | | | Dense shrubs and stands of small trees of |
| on the screen so that navigating will be easier. | | | | normally unmerchantable species. |
| This web quest is intended to lead students to | | | | Compost (noun) |
| understand that our natural resources are more | | | | A mixture of organic matter used as fertilizer. An |
| and more limited. That the tree has been around | | | | increasing number of people are making compost |
| longer than any other organism and in our life | | | | at home to fertilize their gardens. |
| time we may see it become extinct. Students will | | | | Cut with soil and regeneration protection |
| also be motivated to support the things we need | | | | Harvesting carried out taking specific measures to |
| to do to save the trees for a better future. | | | | prevent damage to young trees and to the soil. |
| Development | | | | Domestic waste |
| Discussion:Where do trees get the nutrients they | | | | The waste or garbage produced by the members |
| need to grow? | | | | of a family and which would be thrown out. |
| What do trees release into the atmosphere that | | | | Ecosystem |
| humans need? | | | | A system formed by the interaction of a |
| What do we know about tree growth and age? | | | | community of animals and plants with its |
| Objectiveso Students will understand how | | | | environment. |
| humans, animals, and the earth benefit from | | | | Forest ecology |
| treeso Students will learn about the history of the | | | | The study of forests and their ecology, including |
| oldest living thing, and their futureo Students will | | | | the application of soil science, botany, zoology, and |
| work through team activities and web quest | | | | the like to forestry. |
| online and learn how to look for specific | | | | Hardwood |
| information. | | | | A tree whose leaves drop in the fall, as opposed |
| Ask students to tell you how we benefit from | | | | to evergreens or conifers, which have needles |
| trees. | | | | (fir, spruce) or scales (cedar). The maple, lilac, and |
| Have the students look through the QUESTO and | | | | oak are examples of hardwood trees |
| ask individual teams to connect the information | | | | Insecticide |
| from what they think the articles will be about | | | | A substance that destroys insects. |
| with something they have learned before. | | | | Mulch |
| As a class, between web pages, brainstorm things | | | | A layer of straw, bark, or other plant matter |
| that will help keep healthier plants. | | | | used to conserve moisture in the soil, to protect |
| Have poster paper up to create a mapping of | | | | certain fruits from rotting through contact with |
| ideas. | | | | the soil, and to inhibit the growth of other plants, |
| Have a poster board for words and definitions | | | | such as weeds. |
| students may request information about. | | | | Pesticide |
| The following web pages are used in the web | | | | A substance used to fight against harmful animals |
| quest: | | | | or plants. |
| Found at dsc.discovery.com- The age and size of | | | | Regeneration |
| trees around the world | | | | The renewal of a forest. Trees begin to grow |
| This article will reveal the of age and size of trees | | | | again. |
| around the world. | | | | Selection method |
| Found at dsc.discovery.com/news - Types of | | | | A method of regenerating a forest stand and |
| organisms can kill trees | | | | maintaining an uneven-aged structure by removing |
| This article will give students a sense of what | | | | some trees in all size classes either singly or in |
| types of organisms can kill trees. | | | | small groups or strips. The selection method is |
| On the freenetwork.umn.edu/kids/ site you will | | | | carried out in sugarbushes |
| find activities and information. | | | | Tree breeding |
| United Streaming Video online -Trees: The Biggest | | | | The application of genetic principles to the |
| and Oldest Living Things | | | | improvement of trees, such as to solve a specific |
| Found at domtar.com/ARBRE/english/ | | | | problem or in order to obtain a given product. |
| The Tree World. This site will provide a ton of | | | | Virus |
| activities. Students can use the dictionary to | | | | An ultramicroscopic infectious (capable of infecting |
| identify vocabulary words. Play games and take | | | | with disease) agent. |
| quizzes, this site also includes experiments. | | | | |