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Volume 8:
Canada's Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition
Theme: Canada's Boreal Forest
Ages: 5 to 16
Formats: 44-page booklet
Volume 8 explores Canada's boreal forest in terms of natural value and
the interdependence that exists between the forest and all Canadians.
Using
This Teaching Kit
Canada's
Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition
Lesson
1: Who Travels the Farthest
• Intermediate students investigate the importance of Canada’s
boreal forest habitats by hypothesis and then mapping the farthest points
of migration for ten bird species that use the boreal forest as a nesting
ground. A summary match-up activity is also provided.
Lesson
2: Fly Away Home
• Intermediate students investigate the importance of Canada’s
boreal forest habitats by mapping the migratory movements of two bird
species that use the boreal forest as a nesting ground. They also calculate
the total distances traveled and answer critical thinking questions about
migration.
Lesson
3: New Challenges in a New Climate
• Senior students conduct Internet and print research into the
extensive adaptation of a chosen species found in Canada’s boreal
forest. Then, given a description of future conditions that might
exist in Canada due to global climate change, hypothesize about
how this species will adapt, recognizing the limitations of activity
in terms of evolutionary science.
Lesson
4: Interdependent Me
• Junior and intermediate students study our
dependence on forests and our economic interdependence relating to forest
resources by participating in a class game and a cut-and-paste summary
activity.
Lesson
5: Creating Your Own Conservation Group
• Intermediate students investigate forest biodiversity, habitat
and conservation by researching two conservation groups relating to forests,
migratory birds and biodiversity. They then create a conservation group
and design its website (either on paper or in html).
Lesson
6: Minimizing Forest Fragmentation
• Junior and intermediate students learn about the importance of
decreasing forest fragmentation to maintain intact habitats and ensure
biodiversity. Students cut and paste icons representing various forms
of development on a forest landscape.
Lesson
7: The Canada Forest Accord
• Senior students study the various values placed on Canada’s
forests, our dependence on them and our interdependence relative to forest
products by analyzing the Canada Forest Accord.
Lesson
8: The Forest Times
• Intermediate students investigate the values placed
on our forests by creating a class newspaper featuring forest-related
articles and illustrations. (Students require an understanding of newspapers
to complete this activity.)
Lesson
9: Forest Resource Management: A New Era
• Senior students study concepts integral to current boreal forest
resource management and the increasing involvement of Canadian Aboriginal people
in land-use planning. These include Traditional Knowledge and the management
of timber harvests emulating natural processes (i.e., forest fires).
Glossary
of Terms
Volume
8: Canada's Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition
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