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Learn About Forests: Every Tree for Itself

This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading outreach events, career days, or field visits with youth. Learners model how trees compete with each other for nutrients, sunlight, space, and water.

firefighters helped battle a wildfire

Learn About Forests: Living with Fire

This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading outreach events, career days, or field visits with youth. Learners explore the role of fire in ecosystems and conduct a wildfire safety inspection of the site.

Learn About Forests: Make Your Own Paper

This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading educational events, career days, or field visits with youth. Learners experience the magic of the paper-making process and the value of trees as a natural resource.

Learn About Forests: Plant a Tree

This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading educational events, career days, or field visits with youth. Learners identify benefits we receive from trees and participate in a tree-planting event.

Learn About Forests: Seeking Sustainability

This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading educational events, career days, or field visits with youth. Learners investigate connections between forests and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

Learn About Forests: Trees in Trouble

This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading educational events, career days, or field visits with youth. Learners assess trees for signs of their health and recognize symptoms of unhealthy trees.

Learn About Forests: Water Wonders

This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading educational events, career days, or field visits with youth. Learners model a water cycle and discover its importance for plants and animals.

Spider-Inspired Classroom Activities for Halloween

Are you ready to add some spooky science to your fall lesson plans? We have gathered a whole cauldron of creepy, crawly spider science activities to enhance your lessons. Try these 11 Halloween activities inspired by our eight-legged friends. Examine spider webs outdoors, build a spider habitat, consider how a spider would adapt to life in space, and more!

Learn About Forests: What’s In a Label?

This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading educational events, career days, or field visits with youth. Learners discuss environmental, economic, and social criteria for forest certification.