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| Type of Product: | e-book (our e-books are in PDF format and can be viewed on your computer or any compatible reading device) (also see print version of this book) |
| Publication Date: | 10/16/2009 |
| Pages: | 115 |
| Stock Number: | PB269Xe |
| ISBN: | |
| Grade Level: | College, High School |
Description
Why forestry field studies? As experienced teachers of scientific ecology and forestry concepts, we believe that a forest or woodlot can provide teachers and their students with the perfect laboratory for understanding some of the basic principles of environmental science and community ecology. These studies were designed and used for many years as a unit in an advanced placement environmental science course. They also could be used as a lab in a biology, botany, forestry, or ecology class at the high school or beginning college level. They place students in a natural environment collecting real data to better understand a real place, something sorely lacking in most high school or beginning college curricula.
This manual is organized to systematically take a teacher through a comprehensive set of field exercises, from preparation to written report. We begin by discussing some basic ecology and forestry principles in Chapters 1 and 2. These discussions are meant to be a “refresher course” and do not cover these subjects in a textbook, encyclopedic fashion—for that see the chapter bibliographies and readings listed in Appendix E. In Chapter 3 we cover some necessary pre-fieldwork preparation. Chapters 4 through 7 describe the actual fieldwork and are essentially units of an all-day session in the woods. If time, budget, or logistics do not permit an all-day field trip, however, one or more units can be chosen to fit a particular situation—we do not intend these exercises to be all or nothing! We conclude with a discussion of the post field trip data analysis, report writing, and wrap-up.
Additional Info
| Intended User Role: | College/University Professor (core science discipline), College/University Professor (preservice science education), Curriculum Supervisor, High-School Educator, Informal Educator, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Assessment of students, Classroom management, Curriculum, Educational research, Inquiry learning, Professional development |
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Forest History, Ecology, and Values
Chapter 2. Principles of Forestry
Chapter 3. Setting the Stage
Chapter 4. Vegetation Analysis
Chapter 5. The Abiotic and Biotic Forest Environment
Chapter 6. Measuring Commercial Values
Chapter 7. Recreation and Wildlife
Chapter 8. After the Field Study
Appendixes
A. Society of American Foresters Undergraduate Degree Programs in the United States
B-1. Glossary of Some Ecology and Forestry Terms
B-2. Units of Measure Used in Forestry and Their English-Metric Conversions
C. Equipment List
D. Tolerance Ranking of Some North American Tree Species
E. Additional Readings
Author Biographies
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