PLT for MS-HS at the Denver Zoo

March 6, 2010
Global Connections: Forests of the World

Where: The Denver Zoo

Cost: $90 (includes CSM credit fee, breakfast, snacks and curriculum guide)

PLT materials are provided by Green Print Denver's Mile High Million, helping us to learn about ecosystem services provided by our urban forests.

Time: 8:00am-4:00pm

Audience: MS-HS Science & Social Studies educators

Contact: Shawna Crocker, Colorado State Forest Service, scrocker@colostate.edu, 303-202-4662

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Registration deadline is Feb. 25. Workshop will be canceled if minimum enrollment is not met.

Project Learning Tree is the environmental education program of the American Forest Foundation and is sponsored in Colorado by the Colorado State Forest Service.

Project Learning Tree and the World Forestry Center have joined forces to create a secondary module that provides a framework for exploring forests around the world.

Forests of the World provides formal and nonformal educators with a series of activities to help students and educators gain an increased understanding and appreciation of the diversity of world forest environments, with an emphasis on the human interaction with and dependence on those environments. The module activities provide students with opportunities to apply scientific processes and higher order thinking skills while investigating world forestry issues and conducting service learning action projects.

Experience Denver Zoo’s forest exhibits and understand the role of zoos in conserving the worlds’ forests and the animals that rely on these forests for habitat.

Hear from international researchers and others what forests mean to them and their culture, and practice the following activities to take back to your HS-HS social studies or science classroom.

1. Making the Global Connection
2. What Is a Forest?
3. Mapping the World's Forests
4. Analyzing Patterns of Forest Change
5. Understanding the Effects of Forest Uses
6. Seeking Sustainability: A Global Response
7. Exploring the World Marketplace
8. Making Consumer Choices
9. Researching Forests Around the World

PLT for MS-HS at the Denver Zoo

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