Welcome to Forest Biology: Interactive Unit Study for middle schoolers! Join us each week to learn about a new topic all things forest. Our first class will be an introduction to forests. We'll look at some beautiful pictures, learn some new definitions, look at some authors who love nature, AND test out an activity to understand one of the many reasons trees are so important! We'll look at the benefits of different forests and the second half of the quarter will focus on deciduous forests. Take a look at the other topics below!

Most of my classes are taught with hands-on activities for learning. When experimenting, I encourage my students to make observations and test again, if needed, with any changes. Often students are seen adding materials, ingredients, and other elements to their experiments to develop a deeper understanding of the lesson. 

Week one: Introduction to forests: benefits of trees - wind
Week two: Inner parts of trees - make and model
Week three: The carbon cycle- game day! 
Week four: Biodiversity and Biomimicry- project
Week five: Benefits of trees- erosion 
Week six: Forest food web - owl pellet dissection 
Week seven: Forest floor
Week eight: Tree STEM challenge!

**PLEASE NOTE** - there is an owl pellet dissection in this class. 
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