Extension Activity Ideas
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These extension activities are designed so that little or no resources and preparation are required. In most cases students can carry out the extension activities independently once they have completed the core forestry activities.
- Keep a record of all the new and interesting words you come across while learning about Forests and Forestry. Once you have a list of words, put them into alphabetical order and draw a picture for each word to communicate its meaning.
- Write a story about an animal that lives in a tree.
- After reading City Green, write a story in which you are the main character, doing something for the environment in your local community.
- List as many stories and fairytales as you can that have forests in them. See if you can borrow a book from your school library to share with the class.
- Look at one of the photos on forestry and write a newspaper caption for the photo.
- Write down as many keywords about forests as you can think of. You will need at least eight. Then choose one of the tasks below:
- Put the words into alphabetical order.
- Find dictionary meanings for each word.
- For each word, write a question with it as the answer.
- Make Rainbow Bubble words: Colour ‘B’s blue or black, colour ‘P’s pink or purple, colour ‘G’s green etc.
- Complete a Forestry Fun page.
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- Page Last Modified: November 15, 2011