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Unit
Overview
Unit focus Question: How can we use our forests sustainably?
Sub Questions: What do forests mean to us?
How have forests changed over time?
How can we use our forests and ensure their long term health? What is
forest stewardship?
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Caring for our Forests -
A Legacy of Stewardship |
| Lesson 1 |
Natural / Cultural Features & Mental Map home to
school
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| Lesson 2 |
Five Themes of Geography
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| Lesson 3 |
Nature Journal
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| Lesson 4 |
Forests: Past, Present,
and Future - A Forester's Presentation |
| Lesson 5 |
Forests and People - Uses of the Forest
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| Lesson 6 |
Reading the Forested Landscape (Read aloud, Activity,
Slides)
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| Lesson 7 |
Sustainable Forest Use (Field Trip) |
| Lesson 8 |
Local Heroes: Marsh, Billings, Rockefellers
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| Culminating event |
ORIENTEERING ON MT. TOM
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| Final Products |
(Essay, Timeline, bookmark) and Unit Test
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| Service Component |
Sustainability Essays printed in
the VERMONT STANDARD |
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