OVERVIEW
Paint ... toothpaste ... ice cream. Many products that come from trees are surprising. Trees supply thousands of products for our daily lives.
LEVELS
Grades 4-5
SUBJECTS
Science
Social Studies
Language Arts
Visual Arts |
CONCEPTS
People use ingenuity and innovation
to make the best use of available resources.
To sustain the availability and use of important resources,
people practice conservation.
To meet the needs of an expanding human population, societies
practice resource management and employ technology. |
SKILLS
Analyzing
Data Gathering
Discussing
Interpreting
Representing
Researching |
DISCUSSION AND STUDY TOPICS
Products that come from trees can be studied in the context
of learning.
Here are some suggestions:
| Science |
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Test
the strength of different kinds of paper — bath
or facial tissue, a paper towel, a paper sack, a piece
of writing paper — when they are wet and dry. Which
type of paper breaks or tears first when it gets wet?
Why? What types of paper need to be strong? What types
need to be soft? (class experiment, research project) |
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What chemical reactions do you make every day? (class
experiment, research project) |
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What
is the difference between a renewable and a non-renewable
resource? What are some examples of each? What renewable
and non-renewable resources do we use every day? (research
project, class activity, class presentation) |
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What
is technology? How does it affect our lives every day?
(research project, essay topic, class presentation) |
| Social Studies
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What products have you used
today that are made from wood, wood fiber or wood chemicals?
What forest products are present in the classroom, at
home? (class activity, essay topic, class presentation) |
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What would life be like without
products made from wood, wood fiber or wood chemicals?
What products could you substitute for them? What could
you invent that would take the place of some forest products?
(research project, essay topic, class presentation,
art project)
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Activity Sheet
FOREST MAZE
Can you get through the forest maze and out the other side? (You can’t go through the trees.)
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In addition to providing beauty and recreation, forests supply
raw materials to help meet society’s needs for housing,
paper, containers and thousands of other products used by consumers
every day. As one of the country’s leading forest products
providers, Georgia-Pacific
Corporation has a long-term
interest in and commitment to the health of our nation’s
forests. |
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