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Global Connections:
Forests of the World
Activity 1
Making the Global Connection
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Objective
Identify ways that forests are important to people and other living things.
Develop and conduct a survey of family and friends to learn what others think about their connection to the world’s forests.
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Searchable Key Words
ecosystem services forest commodity forest product world’s forests
Background
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Am I connected to the forest?
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Yes, we are…
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Forests cover 30% of the world’s land area
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1. Carbon cycle
2. Oxygen cycle
3. Nitrogen cycle
4. Soil stabilization
5. Gene storage
6. Regulate temperature
7. Regulate rain fall
8. Provide wood and fiber
9. Watershed protection
10.Habitat for animals and plants
Major role of forests Activity 1 - Making the Global Connection - Background
Image: http://climateofourfuture.org/thirsty-trees-drink-carbon-dioxide-instead/
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Watershed : The land area that delivers runoff water and sediment to a major river or stream and its tributaries
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Vocabulary
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Habitat: The area that provides an animal or plant with adequate food, water, shelter and living space
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Vocabulary
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Ecosystem: The interacting system of a biological community and its nonliving environment;
the place where those interactions occur
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Vocabulary
Image: http://www.fws.gov/invasives/volunteersTrainingModule/invasives/plants.html
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Commodity: A good or service that is exchanged for money
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Vocabulary
Image: http://www.financial4x.com/products/commodity.html
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Forests ProvideGoods Services
Wood Products: Fuelwood,
Roundwood
Sawnwood
Nonwood forest products:
Fiber
Food Medicines
Cork
Resins
Water: Drinking
Irrigation
Fodder: Food for animals
Removing air pollutants
Carbon storage
Watershed
functions
Regulate weather
Create soil Cycling nutrients
Provide habitat Maintain biodiversity
Recreation Employment
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The value of wood
Nearly half the people on Earth use wood as fuel for cooking and heating
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Wood UseFurniture Paper Building material
Tools Packaging
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Nonwood products…
Do you use these products?
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Using the internet, find what tree or forest is connected to the product below.
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cork
maple syrup
cocoanatural rubberbamboo
mushrooms
honeynutschicle
ginsengcolaheart of palm natural cosmetics
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Human and trees: psychological connections
• Recreation
• Ecotourism
• Relaxation
• Therapy
• Spiritual connections
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Recreation Activity 1 - Making the Global Connection - Background
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Ecotourism Activity 1 - Making the Global Connection - Background
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Relaxation and therapy Activity 1 - Making the Global Connection - Background
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Spiritual connection Activity 1 - Making the Global Connection - Background
Doing the activity
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Now, time to work!
In what ways is your life
affected by forests?
We will develop and conduct a survey to learn what others think about their connections to the world’s forest
Question: Make a list:___________________
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Class list:
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Is this an effect from a local forest or from a forest in another part of the world?
In what ways is your life affected by forests?Effect from:
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Label your list with either:▲ Local forest Forest in another part of the world
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In what ways are we connected to forests all
over the world?
Group discussion:
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Let’s do a survey!Question:
What do your family and friends believe about their connections to forests of the world?
Tool:
Write you own survey questions
or
Use the Forest of the World Opinionnaire (page 35) as a guide to create your own questionnaire.
Procedure:
• Small groups for a brainstorm about questions on your survey.• Choose 2 or 3 of the best questions. • Test your questions with other students or teachers. • Revise it if necessary.
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Writing your own survey questions:
Possibilities of survey questions?
Yes/No
Multiple-choice
Open-ended
Combination
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Your survey questions:______________________________________________________
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Revising your questions:
Are there any duplicates that can be eliminated?
Is there an appropriate number of questions?
Is there a suitable variety of question forms?
What order of questions would be best?
Is there anything else the survey needs?
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Do the survey!
Deadline: _________
Sample size: _________
(How many completed surveys do we need?)
Who will compile the results?________
Who will make the charts and graphs?_______
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Survey results discussion:
What does this survey tell us about what people think about the forests of the world?
Did any of the responses surprise you? How?
Which aspects of forests were the most important and least important to the people we surveyed?
How did their responses compare with those of the class?
Document your conclusions with appropriate charts and graphs.
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Assessment
Write a few paragraphs about what you learned from developing the survey and
from evaluating the survey results
Enrichment
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Interview with non-local resident
Meeting with a resident from another region of the country or another country:
Questions:
What memories do you have of the forests? What did they look like? How did those forests compare to forests here? How did your family use the forests? What attitudes did people have about forests compared to attitudes
here?
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Using Technology
Use a graphing calculator or other technology tool to graph and analyze the results of the survey.
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• Surveys are a technique used in a number of professions.
• Explore different ways that people might use surveys on the job.
• Search magazines or newspapers for stories that involve survey results or compare different online survey tools.
Research Careers
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Resource
For additional sample survey questions, see the “Perceptions of Forests” issue of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations’ international journal of forestry, Unasylva 54, no. 213 (2003/2)
http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y9882e/y9882e00.htm.