Oregon Forest Literacy Program: A K-12 Conceptual Guide to Teaching and Learning about Oregon Forests, (The)

This publication provides a framework for educating Oregon's K-12 students about forests and was developed by a diverse and collaborative statewide group. This resource consists of three components: a conceptual framework; a K-12 scope and sequence; and connections to service-learning projects developed by teachers. The conceptual framework identifies important forest concepts, the scope and sequence is a blueprint for when to teach the concepts, and the service-learning projects provide an instructional strategy for how to teach the concepts. The guide was made possible in part through a "Learn and Serve for Sustainability" grant from the Oregon Department of Education, jointly awarded to the Tillamook School District and Oregon Forest Resources Institute. More educational materials, including tools that correlate the forest-literacy concepts to Oregon's science and social science standards, are available at Oregonforests.org.