MICHIGAN FORESTS FOREVER TEACHERS GUIDE

MULTIPLE USE & CHOICES

"Forest Consequences", Project Learning Tree Pre K-8 Guide, Seventh Edition, page 101, Activity #33

Overview

Few issues, if any, have simple solutions - and resolving them usually involves compromise.  In this activity, your students will learn about some of the effects that human activities can have on a forest.  They will explore some of the trade-offs involved in working out a land-use issue.

Objectives

• Evaluate the options for managing or using a piece of forested land.
• Make a land-use decision and explore the consequences of that decision.

Teacher Guide Link   Link 2

SCIENCE	SOCIAL STUDIES	MATH	LANGUAGE ARTS
S.I.1.ms5 S.II.1.ms1 S.III.5.ms2 S.III.5.ms6 S.V.1.ms5	SS.II.2.ms4 SS.VI.1.ms1 SS.VI.1.ms3		LA.I.1.ms1 LA.I.1.ms2 LA.I.6.ms2 LA.I.10.ms1 LA.I.10.ms3

Note:  Many of the activities on this website reference Project Learning Tree (PLT) activities.  PLT has copyrights on these activities but has granted permission to provide outlines to render a general ideas of what each activity covers.  There are two PLT activity books, one for Pre K-8 and another for high school (recent revisions).  There are also a number of special modules available through PLT in 2004.  For more information about PLT, visit the national website at www.plt.org and the Michigan PLT website at www.michiganplt.org. 

	This website was developed and created by Michigan State University Extension for the teachers of the State of Michigan.  The website is maintained by the Delta-Schoolcraft Independent School District in support of the Michigan Forests Forever CD-ROM from the Michigan Forest Resource Alliance.

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Please provide comments to Bill Cook:  cookwi@msu.edu or 786-1575

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