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Lesson Plans The Lorax by Dr. Seuss |
 The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein |
 A Log's Life by Wendy Pfeffer, |
DAY ONE:
- Online Benefits Component (insects, Wild Turkey, Bears, Food for you Humans, Harvest us!, Logging, Products)
- CULTURE: Legend of my Italian Cousin
- Read the Furniture Maker and Businessman profile in the Careers section.
- ACTIVITY - List products that you use everyday that are made from trees.
DAY TWO:
- READ the Lorax by Dr. Seuss - discuss the book and the symbolism in "The Lorax..."
Set up a "Save the Truffula Trees" foundation.
DAY THREE:
- REFERENCE BOOK: "Log's Life" by Wendy Pfeffer
- ACTIVITY - choose a group of plants/animals. Copy them onto a page to create a food chain, and show how, in the sequence, they live on or off the next animal in a circle. Draw arrows between the groups all going in the same direction.
DAY FOUR:
- ACTIVITY - Current events research on local forests in general and/or rainforests, their environmental impact and the status.
DAY FIVE:
- PREPARATION: Have each child choose a rainforest food to bring into class at the end of the week.
ACTIVITY - have a rainforest feast including all foods that are products of the rainforest.