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This activity introduces 11th and 12th graders to the carbon cycle, carbon sinks and stores, and carbon sequestration practices in forest management using hands on learning. This includes displaying understanding of the topics by graphing, writing, and critically discussing.
old_trees_make_good_sinks.doc

This activity introduces youth between grades 11th and 12th to the principals of fire ecology. The role of fire in maintaining forest health and how global climate change alters these patterns across Oregon landscapes will be presented through visual aids, brainstorming, maps and group scenarios.
the_flames_of_change_lesson_plan.doc
scenarios_and_answers.doc
flames_of_change_worksheet.doc
precip_map.pdf
prepost_fire_pictures.doc

This activity introduces high school students to the forest management debate between fire suppression and fuel reduction, and the effect these management techniques have on carbon storage in forests. Students will be guided through basic concepts with a series of questions, and then they will play a game that mimics scientists’ research into the forest management debate.
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This activity introduces students to the different characteristics that trees employ to adapt to fire, and how these characteristics create different fire regimes in forests. After learning about these characteristics, students are presented with different environmental situations involving fire and have to design trees that are well adapted to their specific fire regime.
fire_friendly_forests.doc