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In
this section you will find ideas for activities to learn about
forests. Many involve field trips to your local
forest. The activities have been divided according to the
subjects they cover. Often though an activity will cover
more than one subject.
Ideas from Ireland
Visit www.coillte.ie/learn_about_trees/index.htm
for ideas from the Irish Learning About Forests programme.
Here you will find materials to support primary school
teachers with projects on trees.
These projects are part of the Social, Environmental and
Scientific syllabus.
Materials are available in pdf format in 5 modules for
Infants, First & Second Classes, Third & Fourth Classes,
Fifth & Six Classes and there is additional interesting
information on trees. There
are worksheets and supporting guidelines for teachers. Get
ideas for field trips, learn how to press leaves and use them in
various ways, read poems and do practical work on furits and
seeds. Older
classes can learn about ecology, food chains, nutrient
recycling, pollination, competition and adaptation, while
practical activities include tree planting and making a nature
trail.
Please
send any ideas you may have for forest activities to us so they
can be added to this section. Look
for forest activities in the following subjects:
 Maths
Languages
Natural
Sciences
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Introduction
