Forests
Forests provide resources for humans, habitat for wildlife, and even help in the fight against climate change. In this lesson, students will meet a deforestation expert, turn their classroom into a virtual forest, play a fun musical chairs game, test their knowledge with a Kahoot game, and more.
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💡 Warm up
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Work Out Your Wild Side: Forests Week
Pretend to walk like an orangutan, balance like a lion, or use your arm like a trunk to warm up your students’ bodies and brains.
💻 Tech time
Recorded Livestream
Trees: Nature's Superheroes
Watch Linda Walker from WWF’s Forest team share stories from her work in forests here in the US and in the rainforests of Indonesia.
Our Planet: Forests
Show the Our Planet documentary episode to examine the fragile interdependence among forest residents, such as bald eagles, hunting dogs, and Siberian tigers. Be sure to check out the episode discussion questions as an assessment option.
App: WWF Forests
Download the WWF Forest app to see your classroom as a forest through augmented reality.
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▶️ Activities
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Active Group Game
Deforestation Musical Chairs
Get up and move with a forest-inspired twist on musical chairs to get kids thinking about the relationship between tigers and forests.
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Indoor Scavenger Hunt
Trees and Tigers
Use the indoor scavenger hunt to examine products at your school sourced from forests and consider how we can watch for FSC logos or try to choose other sustainable tree products to protect the habitats of tigers and other animals.
