Community-Based Learning (CBL)

Creating a CBL Program for Your School Forest

Forest and Community Assessment

LEAF 9-12 Field Experience

Overview

Life Cycle Analysis (PowerPoint by Nick Hylla)

1 - Geographic Information Systems

Teacher Preparation

2 - School Forest Research Plots

 

3 - Reading the Forest Landscape

 

4 - Timber Cruise

Field Measurements (PowerPoint by John DuPlissus)

5 - Habitat Assessment

 

6 - Community Asset Mapping

Community Assets and Relationships (PowerPoint by Eric Olson)

LEAF 7-8 Field Enhancements

1 - Tree Identification

2 - Forest Mapping

3 - Forest Diversity

LEAF 5-6 Field Enhancements

1 - Wood's Worth

2 - Studying Forest Layers

3 - Competition in a Forest

LEAF 4 Field Enhancements

1 - Unlocking a Forest's Past

2 - Are Forests Important Today?

3 - Caring for the Future of Forests

Project Development: Community-Based Learning Handbook

Project Planning Forms

Big Ideas

Student Skills and Habits of Mind

Driving Question

Products

Assessment

Activities

Timeline

Resources

Professional Development

LEAF, WFREA, and partner organizations

WEEB EE Grants Program