Hike through Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests

 

  1. Where is the copyright information located and what are the stipulations for reprinting PLT materials?
  2. What are the four objectives for students who participate in the activities from this guide?
  3. What is the triple bottom line of sustainability?
  4. What is the difference between carbon sequestration and carbon sink?
  5. What are the six major sections in the Focus on Forests guide?
  6. How do you know if a word can be found in the glossary?
  7. What are PLT’s goals?
  8. Where can you find correlations to national academic standards in science and social studies?
  9. Name two activities that help to teach mathematics.
  10. When does a nonnative species become an invasive species?
  11. Where can you find information about the conceptual framework for PLT? What five themes are addressed through PLT’s activities?   
  12. What are four major challenges facing our forests today?
  13. Where can you find information on field trip safety?
  14. Name an activity that can be used in a Government and Politics class.
  15. What is one way a teacher might use the student primer, Forests Are More Than Trees, found on pages 17-28?
  16. What are the 7 Forest Health Indicators used in Activity 1, Monitoring Forest Health?
  17. What six primary ecosystem services do forests provide?
  18. Of the total forestland in the United States, what percentage of it is privately versus publicly owned?
  19. What are the 7 components that make up an environmental issue?
  20. Globally, how many forest/climate domains are recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and what are they? Which forest type do we live in?

 

Updated 9/28/2025