Educators

Educators

• LEAF – Wisconsin’s K-12 Forestry Education Program
• Learn how you can be among the first teachers to use the new Wisconsin forestry curriculum called LEAF. The LEAF staff also includes a new school forest coordinator so you can also learn more about the 77-year-old school forest program at this site.

  LEAF Activity: “I Saw it on the Six o’clock News” (PDF, 258K)
  This is a sample activity from the new K-12 Wisconsin Forestry Education program called LEAF – Learning, Experiences, and Activities in Forestry. Please visit the LEAF website to learn more about the program and how you can get the full curriculum.

  Here’s a skit called “Talking Trees” for your students to perform. (PDF, 60K)

• These books about Wisconsin Forestry are available at Wisconsin Public libraries:
• • In Grandpa’s Woods
  • Wisconsin Forest Tales
  • One Hundred Years of Wisconsin Forestry
  • Every Root an Anchor: Wisconsin’s Famous and Historic Trees”
• Wisconsin Forestry Song
• Here you will find the Lyrics of “The Forest Is the Place Where We All Live” by Stuart Stotts. Included are the Songwriter’s bio, the songsheet, and more.
• Wisconsin Forest Tales author presentations
• Project Learning Tree (PLT)

• Program curricula and activity guides are distributed at PreK-12 professional development workshops addressing PI34 Teacher Standards. All materials are correlated to the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards.

  The PLT PreK-K Activity Guide and Music/Movement CD features guided outdoor explorations; animal voices, dances, stories, and simulations; an annotated bibliography; art; assessments; and a topic-related snack into over 35 activities. Workshops approved for Registry credits.

  The PLT PreK-8 Activity Guide uses the forest as a “window on the world” to increase student understanding of our complex natural and built world. Over 95 constructivist-based, interdisciplinary activities are correlated to a Children’s Literature Bibliography.

  PLT Secondary Modules cover real-life issues such as waste generation/disposal, environmental justice, forest ecology, and the relationship between environmental health and human health. These interdisciplinary modules incorporate science, social studies, math, geography, and language arts. PLT-trained educators may purchase these guides.

  To learn more, visit the PLT Program Web page or contact the PLT state office to host a school district/group workshop.

• Wildcards
• These are pocket-sized informational pieces, approximately the size of trading cards. Each card has a photo on the front side and brief information on the back. Actual cards are available from Wisconsin DNR or you are welcome to preview or print them here:
  • State Forest series (PDF, 5.5Mb)
  • Wildfire series (PDF, 5.4Mb)
• Tree Crafts
• Fun crafts that you can do using trees!