Resources for Activity 7: Exploring the World Marketplace

Overview:

In this activity, students will conduct a simulation in which countries use their forest resources to "manufacture" products and to sell them to an international trader. Through the simulation, students will experience what can happen when forest resources are unevenly distributed around the world and will explore some of the tradeoffs of resource use.

Student Pages
Country Overview
Spec Sheet - Be careful when printing the Spec Sheet Student Page.  To maintain the accuracy of the measurements found on the page, you must set your printer's "page scaling" option to "none."  To do this, open the PDF, select File, then Print, find the "page scaling" option, and use the drop-down menu to select "none."
Money
Forest
World Forest Market Rules

PowerPoints
Activity 7: Exploring the World Marketplace

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:
 - Economist Values Nature  
 - Developing World Values Nature Differently  
 - Economist Explains Forest 'Costs and Benefits'   
 - Neil Sampson on How Carbon Offsets Could be Boon to Private Forest Owners  
 - Janaki Alavalapati: 'Harvest trees to create energy, benefit forests'