Alberta Ministry of the Environment
Envirokids booklets, activities (go through land section to forest)
www.srd.gov.ab.ca/forests/researcheducation/
BC Forest Education Resources
A list of publications and education resources
www.hctf.ca/wild/resources
BC Forest Information
Info, links and fact pages- fire, silviculture, diversity.
www.bcforestinformation.com
Canada Wood Council
www.cwc.ca
Canada’s Forest Network
Facts and figures, educational resources and links.
www.forest.ca
Canadian Ecology Center
Forest Research Partnership - forest ed links, fire.
www.forestresearch.ca/forestry_education
Canadian Forest Products
Tree School button with self-directed student quizzes on forest
management, forestry files with BC info, including fire.
www.canfor.ca
Canadian Forestry Association
Teacher guides/lesson plans for past and present National Forest
Week booklets, eg. Fire, air, endangered species/ links to university/college
programs.
www.canadianforestry.com
Canadian Forests
P-sec. education listings, directories, forest practices.
www.canadian-forests.com
Canadian Institute of Forestry
www.cif-ifc.org
Council of Forest Industries
Forestry links, education and research, facts.
www.cofi.org
Council of Forest Industries
Forest Education resource site
www.forest-education.info
Canadian Model Forest Network
www.modelforest.net
Canadian Women in Timber
www.canadianwomenintimber.com
Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network
(CBEEN)
School age resource list.
www.cbeen.org
Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied
Ecology
Secondary level materials in the “National Park Feature”
articles.
www.cmiae.org
Dr. Patrick Moore
www.greenspirit.com
Inside Education Society of Alberta
Great teacher resources.
www.insideeducation.ca
Fire Information:
www.pfc-cfs.nrcan.gc.ca
www.bcforestinformation.com
www.canfor.ca
www.canadianforestry.com
www.fire.org.nz
www.bcwildfire.ca
www3.gov.ab.ca/srd
www.whitebirch.ca
www.smokeybear.com
Forest Board Game
Upper Elementary and Secondary versions.
www.mysteriesoftheforest.com
Forest Ecosystems of Canada
http://ecosys.cfl.scf.rncan.gc.ca/classification/intro-region-eng.asp
Forest Health in Canada
www.health.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/
Forest Innovation Investment
Info plus links to industry, forest info, fact pages, tree species
and uses, video titled “Managing for Sustainability”.
www.bcforestproducts.com
Forest Products Association of Canada
Virtual tour, pulp and paper ed resources, terms, classroom section,
etc.
www.fpac.ca
Forest Regions of Canada
http://ecosys.cfl.scf.rncan.gc.ca/images/classif/forest-reg2_e.pdf - PDF
Georgia-Pacific
Wildlife in the forest, water, energy, paper recycling, the forester's job… with lessons & activities in a well-designed format.
www.gp.com/EducationalinNature/
Idaho Forest Products
Lessons, free materials, tree facts, paper info.
www.idahoforests.org
International Paper
Free posters, booklets and teacher guides on trees and related
topics.
www.iplifeoftheforest.com
Irving Forest Discovery Network
Teacher and student resources, including an interactive forest management map, a forest discovery box, careers in forestry and a virtual mill tour.
www.ifdn.com
Lakehead University Faculty of Forestry:
Global boreal forests, including wildlife and vegetation, forest management and sustainability.
www.borealforest.org
Living Landscapes
Old Forest Ecosystem Study Unit- Gr. 7 science unit.
www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/cbasin/oldgrowthforest
Mountain Pine Beetle Information:
www.beetleinfo.com
www.mountainpinebeetle.com
www.for.gov.bc.ca
www.pfc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/entomology/mpb/outbreak
New MPB Poster
available from Natural Resources Canada (in conjunction with the Gov't of Alberta): http://nofc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/bookstore_pdfs/26913.pdf
To order (max. 2/ free of charge), go to the CFS bookstore at: http://bookstore.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/search_e.php. Fill in the top line "Mountain Pine Beetle Poster", the year- 2007 and the Publication type- Other.
Natural Resources Canada
See the Kids’ page icon for info on Canada’s forests, climate change and renewable energy under “For Parents and Teachers” or “Science and Technology”.
www.nrcan.gc.ca
Pacific Forestry Center
Resources available from the Victoria division of the CFS
www.pfc.forestry.ca
Powell River Forestry Museum
Archive pics and story text on the history of coastal logging from the "Early Logging Days" to the 1950's.
www.prcn.org/forestrymuseum/logging.htm
Real Trees For Kids
Graded material for elementary to secondary students with topics such as tree classification, tree species and the life cycle of a tree.
www.realtrees4kids.org
Royal BC Museum
Resource history in BC: See "Time Machine", then "BC Resource Development- Forestry" to read about the history of BC's forest industry.
www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca
Silver Lake Forestry Camp - Peachland
www.silverlakekidscamp.com
Sustainable Forest Management - an interactive look at forestry
www.ifdn.com/harvest/gismap.html
Temperate Forest Foundation
Videos, books, posters, brochures (Ecolinks).
www.forestinfo.org
Tree Canada
Arboreal provincial emblems, tree ID, tree trivia, tree planting and Canada’s forests.
www.treecanada.ca
University of Saskatchewan (Forestry)
The "Living Tree", "Forest Ecosystems", "Industry in the Forest" and much more in an easy to access format.
http://interactive.usask.ca/ski/forestry/index.html
Virtual Museum
Early logging in B.C., including historical photographs of logging camps, workers and communities, interview clips with loggers and retired foresters and an interactive walk through an old logging camp.
www.camptocommunity.ca/english/
Walk in the Woods
Video clips, nature notes, links and resources for studies about the environment. Great for elementary student research.
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/kids/index.html
Western Pulp
Products, links to forest directories.
www.westernpulp.bc.ca
What Comes From Trees?
www.freenetwork.org/kids/comes_from_trees.html
Wonderful World of Trees
Biodiversity, forest protection, tree ID. Includes lessons, puzzles and experiments.
www.domtar.com/arbre/english
WoodLinks
Secondary level value-added forestry program.
www.woodlinks.com
Wood Manufacturing Council
www.wmc-cfb.ca
Wood Promotion Network
www.beconstructive.com
