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Chapter 2Science outdoor lesson: “All about the Forest”

Melinda Nagy

Liceul Tehnologic Octavian Goga Jibou, Romania

Summary

An outdoor lesson about forest products, tree life cycles, forest habitat, forest ecology

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“All about the Forest”

Introduction

Forests are one of the most common and most important kinds of ecosystems on our earth.

Learning objectives

To enable students to:

-recognise the importance of forests and how it helps humans

-identify wild animals that live in the forest and animals that are protected by law

-recognize the uses of trees in our daily life

-learn about the sustainability of forests

-assess the importance of conserving these forests

Resources

-poems about trees and forest

-worksheet with evaluation questions, pencils

Activity

Step 1: Introduction - Students read the poems that had previously prepared about trees and forests

Step 2: Guided discussion with students in the forest to assess their previous knowledge and to enrich it with new information, learning from their peers.

Questions:

1. What do trees need to live? What is their life cycle?2. What kind of wild animals live in the forest?3. Which wild animals are protected against hunting?4. Do you agree with hunting?5. Is it okay to cut down trees?6. What kind of trees can be cut down?7. Who decides that a tree can be cut down?8. Why is it important to preserve these forests?

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9. What consequences does it have on nature, climate, biodiversity if trees are cut down?

10. What products can we made of wood?11. How can we reduce, reuse and recycle paper more carefully in our

classroom?Step 3: Consolidation and evaluation: Students work in groups of 3

to complete a worksheet related to the topics discussed together earlier.

Comments from the learners’ surveys

Students enjoyed the lesson, firstly because we were outdoor in a forest and secondly because it was a non-formal discussion about the forest, its importance, its living creatures, a chance for peer-learning, too.

Final remarks

This lesson covered some of the important benefits of trees: reduce the negative effects of deforestation, clean the air, help to fight climate change, sustainable resources and energy.

Supplementary material

Photos from the activity:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/outdoorlearningerasmus/photos/?tab=album&album_id=366238283862106

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