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Sustainable Forestry Activities For Elementary School Students

Below you will find links to a series of .pdf files that you can download and print to make a comprehensive set of forest resource related activities for elementary school students. These materials were put together in 1999 as part of the Millennium Tree activities celebrating a Wisconsin tree being picked for the Nation's Capitol Christmas tree. To view these documents, you will need to have Adobe's Acrobat Reader. You can download it from the Adobe web site at http://www.adobe.com. Click here if you need further assistance for downloading these files.

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The entire Millenium Tree Activity Guide:

Sustainable Forestry Activities For Elementary School Students (PDF, 1.19 MB)
Activity Guide, 226 Pages

Or, you can download the Millenium Tree Activity Guide in Sections.

  1. Teachers' Packet (PDF, 17 KB)
    Activity Guide, 2 Pages
  2. Introduction (PDF, 53 KB)
    Activity Guide, 6 Pages
  3. The Changing Forest (PDF, 7 KB)
    Activity Guide, 1 Page
  4. "A Tree-rif-ic Math Activity" (PDF, 96 KB)
    Activity Guide, 8 Pages
  5. Local Tree Identification Guide (PDF, 58 KB)
    Activity Guide, 10 Pages
  6. School Grounds Timeline (PDF, 54 KB)
    Activity Guide, 6 Pages
  7. Visiting My Schoolyard Tree (PDF, 74 KB)
    Activity Guide, 14 Pages
  8. Forest Field Notes (PDF, 98 KB)
    Activity Guide, 14 Pages
  9. Tree Rings (PDF, 48 KB)
    Activity Guide, 8 Pages
  10. Watch Out For Exotic and Invasive Species in Wisconsin's Forests (PDF, 29 KB)
    Activity Guide, 4 Pages
  11. Forest Community (PDF, 33 KB)
    Activity Guide, 4 Pages
  12. Pollination (PDF, 38 KB)
    Activity Guide, 6 Pages
  13. Energy in the Ecosystem (PDF, 57 KB)
    Activity Guide, 10 Pages
  14. The Many Benefits of Trees and Forests (PDF, 36 KB)
    Activity Guide, 4 Pages
  15. Recreational Use Survey (PDF, 24 KB)
    Activity Guide, 4 Pages
  16. Handmade Paper (PDF, 73 KB)
    Activity Guide, 10 Pages
  17. Would Wood Be Needed for My Job? (PDF, 27 KB)
    Activity Guide, 2 Pages
  18. Water, Water Everywhere - Forestry Runoff (PDF, 43 KB)
    Activity Guide, 6 Pages
  19. Trees and the Water Cycle (PDF, 48 KB)
    Activity Guide, 6 Pages
  20. "Leafscapes" an Artist's View (PDF, 37 KB)
    Activity Guide, 8 Pages
  21. Barrens and Butterflies: The Karner Connection (PDF, 47 KB)
    Activity Guide, 8 Pages
  22. Design an Urban Schoolyard Forest (PDF, 83 KB)
    Activity Guide, 12 Pages
  23. Sustaining the Forest for Present and Future Generations (PDF, 35 KB)
    Activity Guide, 4 Pages
  24. Where in the World Are the Forests? (PDF, 30 KB)
    Activity Guide, 6 Pages
  25. So You Want to be a Forester? (PDF, 36 KB)
    Activity Guide, 6 Pages
  26. Consumer Choices and Consequences: Understanding the 3 R's (Reducing, Recycling, Reusing) (PDF, 32 KB)
    Activity Guide, 4 Pages
  27. Forest Issues Project (PDF, 54 KB)
    Activity Guide, 12 Pages
  28. ABC's of Forestry (PDF, 32 KB)
    Activity Guide, 4 Pages
  29. Forest Fact and Fiction (PDF, 65 KB)
    Activity Guide, 14 Pages
  30. Appendix (PDF, 114 KB)
    Activity Guide, 23 Pages

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