Why this resource?
Learning about our forests has been developed to raise the awareness of teachers to the many learning opportunities provided by our diverse forest environments and management practices.
Tasmania’s forest environment has played, and will continue to play, a major role in shaping our society. Learning about this environment will engage students in an area which is relevant to their culture, heritage and future.
This resource is designed to:
- develop teacher knowledge and understanding of forest environments and human interactions with them;
- develop teacher confidence to participate in forest education opportunities with students;
- encourage and support teachers to explore forest education opportunities within the curriculum; and
- provide opportunities for students to understand and participate in decision-making processes concerning our forest environments.
Forests can be studied through any of the learning areas. Working either independently or co-operatively, teachers can use this resource to develop an integrated study across the curriculum or, alternatively, to investigate a topic in a single learning area.
Learning about our forests has a major focus in SOSE, Science and Technology, with supporting ideas and activities in other learning areas. The Key Ideas are linked to each of these learning areas.
