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Tree Trunk Contents List


Item

Suggested Grade Level

Teacher Guide

All

Activity Booklets:

Nature Scope "Trees are Terrific"
Customer Service
8925 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22184-0001
1-800-822-9919

K-8

 

OBIS Lessens in Forestry (7 lessons)
Delta Education
P. O. Box 915
Hudson, NH 03051
1-800-442-5444 or 603-889-8899

3-10

 

Hug A Tree (outdoor activities)
Gryphon Publications
P. O. Box 209
Brooklyn, NY 112288
(or your local bookstore)

2-8

 

The Story of Pencils, Technology and Tradition
Incence Cedar Institute

5-8

 

Arbor Week In Louisiana

All

 

Fire! Guide to Fire Ecology in Southeastern U.S.

4-12

 

Forest Concepts - Imagination Book

 
 

Autumn Colors - USFS Brochure

 
 

Woods of Louisiana - Coop Ext. Service

 
 

A Tree for Each American
American Forest & Paper Association
1111 19th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
1-800-878-8878 or 202-463-2461
Fax 202-463-2461

 

 

 

Earth Answers - TAPPI
P. O. Box 105113
Atlanta, GA 30348-4118
1-800-291-3145

 
 

Eco-Links - Temperate Forest Foundation
Discounts available for quantity

 
 

Louisiana’s Forests
Louisiana Office of Forestry

 
 

6 Lessons on Packaging and source Reduction
Flexible Packaging Educational Found.

1090 Vermont Ave., NW Suite 500
Washington, DC 20050-4960
202-842-3839

 
 

Guidelines and Features to Outdoor Classrooms
Louisiana Office of Forestry

 

Wooden Box:

   

Cassette:

"Billy B Sings About Trees"
Do Dreams Music
P. O. Box 5623
Tacoma Park, MD 20913
1-800-424-5592 or 301-445-3845

 

Video:

America’s Forests A History of Resiliency & Recovery
USDA Forest Service
14th and Independence, SW $12.00
P. O. Box 96090
Washington, DC 20090-6090

4-12

 

Dynamic Forest - Temperate Forest Foundation
20 Minutes

6-12

 

A Circle of Life - Temperate Forest Foundation
Guide

6-12

 

Celebrating the Part - Louisiana Forestry Assoc.
14 Minutes, history of forestry in LA

8-12

 

America’s Great Outdoors
U.S.F.S. Kisatchie

 

C.D.:

LA Forests Forever

5-8

 

Hardwoods of Central U.S.
Indiana Division of Forestry

5-12

 

Posters:

Homework Poster - PLT

 
 

How Paper Came to America
Paper Making Poster AF & PA

 
 

Tree Selection - Extension
Booklet that folds out

 
 

Life of the Forest - Champion

 
 

World Forest - PLT

 

Supplements to Learning:

 
 

Tree Cookies (8 large and several small)
For use with guide and other booklets
Nature’s Teaching Aids
P. O. Box 253
Zachary, LA 70791-0253
504-654-8162

All

 

Nature Education Kits - What Twig is It

5-12

 

Nature Education Kits - What Seed is It

5-12

 

Scale Stick (with volume estimation)

5-12

 

Directions

3-12

Tree Identification Booklets:

 
 

Commercial Trees of Louisiana (15)
Louisiana Office of Forestry

All

 

Leaf Key (Common Trees of Louisiana)
Ext. Service

All

 

Hand Magnifiers (15)

All

 

Compasses (5)

All

 

Diameter Tapes (5)

All

 

Bug Box (10)

All

 

GP Tree Wishes (Assorted booklets on trees)

All

 

Louisiana Best Management Practices

All

 

Rare and Endangered Plants
LA Wildlife and Fisheries
LA Dept of Agriculture and Forestry

All

 

 

Facts and Figures of US Forest - AF & PA

All

Student Books:

Trees, An Eyewitness Book

4-12

 

Louisiana’s Nature Guide by C.C. Lockwood

 
 

Keepers of the Earth
Teachers Guide

 
 

City Kids and City Critters
Acorn Naturalists

 
 

TOTAL