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In this role-playing simulation, students discover what happens to a forest when the demand for...
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Students play a board game about the fate of a rainforest where they must strategically...
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As a class, students listen to a reading of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax and discuss lessons from...
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Students research events in U.S. environmental history to create a class timeline and then write...
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Acting as different stakeholders with various interests, students play a strategy game where they work...
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Through a small group simulation using probability, students explore how different population growth rates are...
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In small group simulations, students compare the biodiversity of a temperate forest to that of...
Reading:
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Forests background reading: The world's forests are important ecosystems in regulating climate and nurturing wildlife....
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Forests case study reading: The increasing demand for palm oil is taking a toll on...
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Land use background reading: As population grows, we develop wild areas and arable land and...
Lesson Packet:
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Thematic unit for the high school classroom forest land use and protection, in light of...
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Thematic unit for the middle school classroom covers how humans have manipulated land for our...