The
Wonder of Wood
This
extensive series of activity sheets and teachers’ notes
offers a full programme of study on wood, trees and forests
aimed at Key Stage 2 pupils.
The
activity based programme is divided into three self contained
sections, each consisting of self explanatory children’s
worksheets that are amplified and extended by the teachers’
notes and linked further activities.
Click
on the numbers to go to download a pdf of the worksheets and
teachers notes.
Click
here to download a guide to the links between the activities
and the
National
Curriculum.
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| Section |
Content |
Title |
Pupil
Activity
Sheets |
Teachers
Notes |
| 1.
Wood in our World |
Science
of Wood
Wood
as a Material
Building
in Wood |
Introduction |
|
|
| Survey
of wood use |
|
|
| Materials;
Testing and Sorting |
|
|
| Tree
Type and Wood Type |
|
|
| Wear
and Absorbancy Testing |
|
|
| Joining
wood to make rigid structures |
|
|
| Wood
in our Homes |
|
|
| Timber
Framed Houses |
|
|
| Cruck
Buildings |
|
|
| Wooden
Structures around the World |
|
|
| Woods
and Settlement Patterns |
|
|
| 2.
The Living Tree |
Science,
History and Geography of Trees |
How
the Tree Works |
|
|
| Making
a Tree Booklet |
|
|
| Types
of Woodland |
|
|
| Woods
in the Past |
|
|
| Where
our Wood Comes From |
|
|
| 3.Sustainable
Forestry |
Historical
use of Woodlands
Managing
Forests and Woodlands
Wood
Products
Environmental
impact of Timber Extraction
Recreation |
The
Changing Forest |
|
|
| Using
the Forest |
|
|
| Protecting
the Forest |
|
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| Caring
for the Forest |
|
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| Harvesting
and Processing Timber |
|
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| Importing
Timber from Abroad |
|
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| Tropical
Rainforests |
|
|
| Planning
a Forest |
|
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| Tree
Folklore |
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