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On
this page you will find addresses and links to various
organisations with an interest in forests, forestry and
forest-education.
Look
for links to school forest programmes in particular countries
in the Countries section.
Alliance for beverage Cartons and the Environment
ACE is an international coalition of paperboard and beverage
carton manufacturers, working together to raise the awareness of
the consumer on the environmental benefits of utilising carton
for packaging purposes.
http://www.ace.be
AskERIC
Lesson Plans
AskERIC is an internet-based service providing educational
information to teachers, librarians, parents, anyone interested
in education. The AskERIC Lesson Plan collection contains
more than 2000 lesson plans which have been submitted by
teachers from all over the United States.
http://askeric.org
The following is a small selection of the AskERIC lesson
plans involving forests and trees:
Forest
in a Jar - an activity to understand the process of
succession.
Deciduous
and Coniferous Trees - a hand-on approach for learning
the difference between coniferous and deciduous trees.
Form
and Texture in Autumn - an educational walk in autumn.
Tree
Measurement - an activity to understand vertical and
horizontal measurement of large objects.
CEJA
- Tellus
The Conseil Européen
des Jeunes Agriculteurs (CEJA) or European Council of Young
Farmers represents the voice of young farmers in Europe.
In February 2002 CEJA announced the launch of Tellus, an
educational project aiming to raise the awareness of primary
school children about European agriculture. The
Tellus kit explores the agricultural origin of everyday
products, the great diversity of European agriculture and the
realities of the farming world. Part of the materials deal
with forestry. The materials have been produced in 11
European languages and can be easily accessed from the website
below. Choose your language, go into the Teachers' pages
and look for Book 5 on Forestry.
http://www.ceja.educagri.fr
Confederation
of European Paper Industries
Everything you
might want to know about paper can be found on this site!
It includes a comprhensive history of paper, information on the
'paper cycle' and activities for schools such as paper making.
http://www.paperonline.org
Danish
Outdoor Council
The Council is an umbrella organisation for more than 90 Danish
NGOs, who are all involved in outdoor activities. The primary
purpose of the Council is to promote the access to outdoor
recreation for NGOs and the general public, while also taking
environmental and nature protection issues under consideration.
The Danish Outdoor Council is the Danish member of the
Foundation for Environmental Education.
http://www.friluftsraadet.dk
Dragonfly
Tree Page
The Dragonfly web pages encourage interactive investigations on
the web in a variety of subjects. On the Tree page
investigators can learn about the shapes of trees, how trees
protect their space, how trees spread their seeds and about
acorns and squirrels.
http://miavx1.muohio.edu/dragonfly/trees.htmlx
European
Forest Institute
A non-governmental organisation, the EFI conducts forest
research, compiles forest information and organises meetings on
a European scale. Research papers and publications can be
downloaded.
http://www.efi.fi
Finnish Forest Association
In
Finland the Finnish Forest Association is largely responsible
for forest education in schools.
http://www.forest.fi
Finnish
Forest Industries Federation
The Finnish Forest Industries Federation represents about 120
Finnish enterprises. Its members comprise 95 per cent of the
nation's wood-processing sector, which produces pulp, paper,
paperboard, sawn timber and wood-based panels. A key task for
the Federation is to promote the sector's joint interests and
operating conditions in Finland and abroad as well as to improve
the public image and awareness of the characteristics of the
Finnish forest industries. In Finland forest education in
schools is carried out by the Finnish Forest Association with
whom the Finnish Forest Industries Federation cooperates.
http://www.forestindustries.fi
Food
and Agriculture Organisation
This United Nations organisation operates at a global level and
has a whole section on forestry. The website contains
useful reports such as recent State of the World's Forests
reports.
http://www.fao.org
Foundation
for Environmental Education
An international association for promoting and supporting
environmental education. The programme has several programmes including Learning
about Forests. Other programmes include the Blue Flag campaign for
beaches and marinas, Eco-schools for environmental management of schools by
pupils and Young Reporters for the Environment.
http://www.fee-international.org
Idaho
Forest page
This site has some excellent materials for both teachers and
children. See the 'Cool Stuff for Teachers' section for a
selection of lesson plans for forest-minded teachers.
These teaching activities and lesson plans were developed by
teachers and cover a range of subjects and grades.
Children will enjoy the 'Forests are for Kids' pages.
http://www.idahoforest.org
Learning
with the Forest
The Norwegian Learning with The Forest programme started in
1983. The programme has been introduced to schools through a
cooperative arrangement between public and private forestry
organizations. The programme was conceived in response to
changing methodology in forestry practice and public concern
with the management of recreational areas. The Norwegian
forestry and forest industry profession has thus built up a
carefully designed system of education and information to
establish a base for dialogue with the populace. The goal is to
develop the public knowledge about responsible forest
management, which is based upon scientific research and on
sustainable usage of a renewable resource.
http://www.skogkurs.no/lms
National
Geographic
This site has excellent news sections and useful searches for
teachers on specific subjects such as forestry.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Italian
site
Trees of the Italian
Woods (in Italian)
This site helps with learning to recognise the most common
Italian trees.
http://digilander.iol.it/alberiitaliani/
Society
of American Foresters
This is the national professional forestry society representing
the Forestry Profession in the United States. The Teachers
Pages in the Education section contain links to many lesson
plans for all ages with ideas for bringing forestry into the
classroom.
http://www.safnet.org
Swedish
sites
Forestry Research (in Swedish)
http://www.skogsresurs.com
Forest
Sweden/Skogsverige (available in English and Swedish). This
site contains information on pulp and paper making as well as
forest certification. It also has a useful OH picture archive
with pictures and graphs that can be downloaded and used in your
own documents
http://www.skogssverige.se
Swedish Forest Industries Association
(available in Swedish, German, English and French).
Although this site has a Swedish focus it also contains useful
general information on the forest cycle, forests and climate and
the forest industry.
http://www.forestindustries.se
Webquests
A
Webquest is an exciting way of promoting learning through
focused use of the Internet.
A
WebQuest is an activity in which some or all of the information
that learners interact with comes from resources on the
Internet. For an overview of webquests
visit the Teach the Teachers collaborative website. http://www.teachtheteachers.org
Here you will also find many webquests developed and used by
teachers.
Forest
Webquest 'A Forest Forever' is a webquest for
high-school pupils which integrates science, social studies and
language. Here pupils form
part of a team deciding the fate of
a forest recently designated as a National Forest. They
need to research and present their arguments.
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