Elementary Teaching Resources

Manufacturing Lumber

Suitability Grades 4-7

Students will learn how logs are cut into lumber as they follow high school students Pam and Steph on a journey through Lakeland Mills Ltd. in search of apple boxes.

Resource binder includes: DVD, lesson plans, curricular connections, forestry quick facts, glossary, activity sheets and extension activities.

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(The Manufacturing Lumber DVD was made by students at Cedars Christian School in Prince George, BC in partnership with COFI Northern Operations Forest Education Program.)

The Making of Orientated Strand Board

Suitability Grades 4-7

Without leaving their seats, students can journey to Fort Nelson, BC and watch how large aspen trees are harvested and transported to Canfor’s OSB mill where they are cut, soaked, chipped, dried, pressed into large sheets of oriented strand board and readied for shipment to markets around the world.

Resource binder includes: DVD, lesson plans and activities sheets.

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(The Making of Oriented Strand Board DVD was made by students at Fort Nelson Secondary School and RL Angus Elementary School in Fort Nelson, BC in partnership with COFI Northern Operations Forest Education Program)

BC’s Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic: Today and Tomorrow

Suitability Grades 4-7

Learn all about the causes and affects of BC’s mountain pine beetle epidemic.

Resource kit includes: DVD, lesson plans, activity sheets, posters, along with lodgepole pine bark, mountain pine beetles and blue stained wood samples.

Check out the resource on-line at www.beetleinfo.com
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The Force of Fire (Primary)

Suitability Grades 1-3

Introduces young students to the concept of fire so that they understand what is needed to create fire, how animals and plants survive fire, how fire can be both good and bad and how we all can help prevent fires and protect our homes.

Resource binder includes: Lesson plan and glossary, photos, storybook “Rufus the Firehouse Dog, Firestorm”, forest fire facts, and various activity sheets.

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The Force of Fire (Intermediate)

Suitability Grades 4-7

This resource builds on the concepts outlined in the primary version and looks at the role fire plays in nature. Students will learn that fire, as a natural disturbance, has both positive and negative effects, understand the relationship between wildfire and the urban interface and learn methods on protecting their home and property from wildfire.

Resource binder includes: lesson plan, teacher’s background information and glossary, overheads, photos, and CD/Video ‘Fire Smart and Wildfire’.

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