Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide offers educators a wide variety of engaging, hands-on activities, organized into grade bands, K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 about trees and forests, wildlife, water, climate change, stewardship, and more.
Students play the role of forest manager for a 400-acre (162-hectare) public forest, exploring the complex factors that influence management decisions about forest lands.
By reading a story such as The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, students can examine the importance of conserving natural resources.
Everyone has an equal right to a healthy environment—but does everyone have a healthy environment?
Decisions about community land use are complex and often involve many people in many ways. In this activity, students use trees as a backdrop to develop a land-use plan.
Acting as foresters, learners grapple with decisions about how to manage a forest sustainably while serving different needs.
