Forestry

Unit Question: How do humans balance resource need with sustainable extraction? 

Skills: Measuring, Scale Mapping

1. Importance of Forests - Sept 16

2. Conifer and Deciduous (Get Tree Guides) - Sept 17 

3. Sub Day - Invasive Species Report - Sept 18

4. Sub Day - NOVA Secrets of the Forest - Sep 21

5. Tree ID project (Scale Mapping) - Sep 22, 23, 24 (maybe 25th)

6. Dendrochronology - Sep 25

   • Notes and video

   • Analyzing tree cookies

7. Forestry intro notes (importance of forests) - Sep 28

8. Forest management notes - Sep 29

   • Responsible vs. irresponsible forest management

9. Forest Management Practices and Application (job connections, especially local) - As a final project? 

   • Wildfire - Examples. How are they tracked and fought? Why is power shut off? 

   • Succession. 

10. Test?