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Forestry.org >Grade3 >Introduction
INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES:
These introductory activities would lead in to the
slide presentation on the History of Logging
CHOOSE ONE
OR MORE:
Part 2:
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* Distribute remaining rings to small groups of
students - have them explore these to determine some information about the tree
- lead informal discussion sharing their information - some questions you might
lead in with:
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* Can you find an area where the rings are close
together? well spaced?
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* What kind of tree do you think you have?
(number on back will correspond with ID key in the kit)
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* Do the rings form circles or do they take on a
different shape? If different, why do you think that might be?
(interruption in growth - leaning tree, close to other trees, damaged by fire,
insects, animals, etc.)
Part 3:
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* Pass out worksheet "Tree Rings"
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* Have students count the rings to determine how old
the tree cookie is
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* Have them find the year they were born (the outer
ring would represent the present year so they'd have to count toward the
middle)
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* Draw a line from that ring on the cookie to the
side of your paper - next to it print "my birthday" or draw a
birthday cake
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* Continue with other ideas such as: the year they
started school, the year their brother/sister was born, your last Christmas,
any special school events they may have been a part of, a special holiday
taken, the year they learned to ride a bike, etc.......
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* Materials: In the kit - note to parents with
question: Where do your parents work? (This response is to cover five
main categories -agriculture, tourism, forestry, service, other - the students
take these slips home, have the parent help them and place a cross in the right
category - remember to have them bring them back to school the following day)
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* The next day at school, the students will classify
these into five columns (on board) - discuss how many fit each category - you
may wish to graph these results - graph in package with follow-up activities
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* In all probability someone should be working in
the forest sector or in a forest related field (i.e.. equipment sales, machine
shops/maintenance services, office services, and the like..). Use that as a
take-off to the importance of forestry (still B.C.'s largest employer) and as a
lead in to the slides
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* Talk to students about what major activities they
see in our area. You'll need to guide your questioning to Forestry, Agriculture,
Tourism, Service, Other.
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* Take each sector - discuss what we have here in
this area which provides the basis for these industries - the natural
environment - i.e.. trees, lakes, rivers, water, lands, etc.
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* Tie in how the natural environment influences
human activity
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* Lead in to a look at the forest industry
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*The loggers: (Click on Picture to see a
larger image) 
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* How old do you think the picture is? (at
least 100 years old) What are these men doing? Brainstorm - what do
you notice about this picture (lead students to a discussion on tools,
clothing, safety factors, etc.)
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The log house:
General discussion on structure, materials used, tools
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BOOK: "Early Loggers and the
Sawmill" (in this kit) Read this book to: Discuss
1. Settlers
2. Early
settlers and the forest
3. Clearing
the land
4. Log
Cabin
5. How
early settlers worked with wood
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* Make a list of all the early uses of lumber
(worksheet "Uses of Wood" - as a class or as an individual exercise)
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* As more and more people arrived to live in
communities their need for wood products gave rise to sawmills
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* Now let's have a look at forest workers in the
past - show slides
**FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION PRESENT THE SLIDE
SHOW
then show
them a second time placing emphasis on tools and technology and using the
script
There are two slide shows
provided with this web page. One with captions and one without.