Forests

Find a heavily wooded area near where you live. Harvest the seeds from several different types of trees. Put the seeds in soil, water daily and chart your observations in their growth projects. Once all of the seeds have sprouted and grown, make a graph representing the growth pattern of each seedling.

Tips for planting

Gather leaves from several different trees around your house. Lay each leaf out flat and place a piece of paper over it. Rub a colored pencil across the paper where the leaf edge is to create a print. This image will show you the leaf’s shape and form. Then, use the link given to identify the tree that it came from. Read about that kind of tree and its unique qualities that make it special to your area.

Leaf identification link

One third of the entire land surface area of earth is covered by forests. Print out a map and color in the areas where forests are present. Use three different colors to show tropical, temperate, and boreal forests. Also, label a major forest in each category by name. Consider the rapid deterioration of these forests and what it means for their neighboring communities and the entire world.

Map link

Forest map link

Forest Bathing is an invitation to visit the forests.

• All trees and forests are the same.
  • true
  • false
• Forests are home to:
  • plants
  • animals
  • organisms
  • all of the above
• The carbon content of forests affect the climate of the entire world.
  • true
  • false
• Deforestation is no longer a threat to the Earth’s forests.
  • true
  • false
• What are the three types of forests according to climate?
  • northern, southern, arctic
  • northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, equator
  • temperate, tropical, boreal
  • temperate, rainforest, tundra