Resources for Activity 1: Making the Global Connection

Overview:

Students will create and conduct a survey to help them determine how they and others view themselves as linked to forests around the world.

Student Pages
Forests of the World Opinionnaire

PowerPoints
Activity 1: Making the Global Connection

Earth & Sky Radio Correlations
This activity can be supplemented with related Earth & Sky radio shows that you can download for use in your classroom. Learn about the PLT and Earth & Sky Initiative.

Related Earth & Sky Shows:
 - The World Without Edges 
 - Sally Collins, with an Overview of U.S. Forests in the Early 21st Century   
 - Sally Collins: '6,000 acres of open land lost to development daily' 
 - Neil Sampson: 'We depend on forests every day'   
 - Greg McPherson’s Tree Carbon Calculator 
 - Janaki Alavalapati: 'Harvest trees to create energy, benefit forests'    
 - Robert Bonnie Says Agreement Protects Both Wildlife and Landowners  
 - Wangari Maathai, Nobel Laureate, on Planting Trees and Protecting Forests