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Updated Teacher's Guide to K-12 Forest Education |
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OFRI launches new forestry careers program for high school students |
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Curriculum materials on sustainable resources available |
Just off the press: OFRI’s Teacher’s Guide to K-12 Forest Education OpportunitiesOFRI helps connect the classroom to the forest by supporting a wide range of forestry programs for teachers and students. But the locations, times and places for programs change. OFRI has just updated its Teacher’s Guide to K-12 Forest Education Opportunities. This latest edition lists materials, field sites, special events and ongoing forestry programs for Oregon educators and their students. To order or download a copy of this publication, click here.
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New program helps high school students envision forestry careers Work in the forest sector has changed tremendously over the past several years, but the word hasn’t filtered down to tomorrow’s workforce. Careers in Forestry, a new OFRI program for high school classrooms, helps students learn up-to-date information about high-tech forest sector jobs that pay above-average wages. During an interactive presentation that fits into one class period, students learn and explore the importance of forests, along with the many opportunities available to them in Oregon’s skilled forest sector workforce. The presentation encourages student participation and questions, and materials are distributed to both students and teachers. The Careers in Forestry program assists students with the Oregon Department of Education Essential Skills (formally known as the Career-Related Learning Standards, CRLS). The classroom presentation can be customized to fit grade level need or abilities. If you are interested in scheduling a program, contact Peter Matzka, at 503-874-8265 or forestcareers@live.com |
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Curriculum materials available free from Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources (NCSR) Intended for use by high school teachers, these curriculum materials are tested for scientific soundness and accuracy and cover major subject areas of environmental science and natural resources topics. They are provided in a comprehensive classroom-ready format and stress a science-based instructional approach to understanding the principles of ecosystem-based resource management and sustainability. Materials outline lectures with discussion, as well as laboratory and field-based teaching and learning approaches. All materials have been developed with the support of the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education program and are available free of charge. Some of the forestry-related titles include:
NCSR is a national clearinghouse for natural resource curriculum materials. To get the curriculum, go to http://www.ncsr.org/ |
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About the Oregon Forest Resources Institute
Norie Dimeo-Ediger
Julie Woodward
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The Oregon Legislature created the Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) in 1991 to improve public understanding of the state’s forest resources and to provide encouragement and training to forest landowners to help them understand and comply with changing forest protection laws using environmentally sound forestry. OFRI is funded by a portion of the harvest tax on forest products producers.