Forestry

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

Skills: Measuring, Scale Mapping

About 22 lessons

1. Importance of forests 

   • Personal Inventory - Your use of forest products (not just trees)

2. Carbon Sequestration (compare different biomes)

3. Tree Notes and ID

   • Tree parts notes

   • Around school for tree basics

   • Conifer notes

   • Conifer characteristics around school

   • Deciduous leaf notes

   • Deciduous characteristics around school

4. Tree ID project (Scale Mapping)

   • Introduce project

   • Familiarize with common trees (Include species identification (common and scientific names))

   • Project prep

   • Around school for project

   • Work on project

5. Dendrochronology

   • Notes and video

   • Analyzing tree cookies

6. Forestry intro notes

7. Forest management notes

   • Responsible vs. irresponsible forest management

8. Invasive Species Report (Emerald Ash Borer OR (Kraig has Tree Diseases)

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

   • Pine Beetles Analysis. 

   • Wildfire

   • Succession. 

10. Test?