Forestry Activities and Links
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Forestry 101 Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvOmkebY7k2UP4N_BicWVKWZZOf9ahavp
What is Forestry?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pSA3Uw1IdY
Forestry Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTGU8pmm9Nw
Temperate Forest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwKU3FVoGMk
Boreal Forest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjcs2P9PcMg
Tropical Forest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK_j4BtX3So
Gymnosperms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjisWvYO9pQ
Angiosperms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_ODnibW7qM
The Charter of the Forest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_86GXjP2Fio
About tree girdling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LolEDnVg7ec
Impact of the Indian Forest Act: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH_cVPAbRJ4
More on Gifford Pinchot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwUur6uHzA
Trailer for “America’s First Forest”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAhYjeibH44
History of Northern Forests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2moRYPAx0QY
America’s Forests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWMejNKeqs0&t=11s
Secrets of the Woods Documentary Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWaSp4V3shk
May be of interest: https://foresthistory.org/documentary-films/americas-first-forest-carl-schenck-asheville-experiment/
Social Forestry: Tending the Land as People of Place by Tomi Hazel Vaarde
What is Social Forestry: https://www.recoftc.org/social-forestry-knowledge-tree/what-social-forestry
Social and Collaborative Forestry: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/social-forestry
Benefits and Types of Social Forestry: https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/benefits-types-social-forestry.php
Farm Forestry's Role: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/forestry/plantation-farm/ffrole.pdf
Urban and Community Forestry: https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/4957.html
Smokey the Bear: https://smokeybear.com/
Foraging for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Ey7POtEeY
New to Foraging?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdgP8ui9gr4
Understory: Tongass Forest Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da2VRt24MA0
Belavezhskaya Puscha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wV2S6v9bMw
Tane Mahuta (god of the forest): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQDSD8uinds
Kauri dieback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uz8ocAYUKA
Tarkine Rainforest: https://youtu.be/t3byFnIzi38
Ancient Bristlecone Forest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqKN-IWF1t0
Yakushima: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ktmN_Rmh8I
Pando: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57LwkwYmTo
Saving Kakamega: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmWqGRl0eBU
La Reunion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3dYA0UGfPQ
Hyrcanian Forest: https://youtu.be/p1Xuzk0FwJY
Iran Hyrcanian Forest: https://youtu.be/IRjHHU7PnM8
Amazon Rainforest free documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gz_StmTMnQ
Borneo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfbCeNik2u4
Rafflesia arnoldii: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxIpl38rsMo
Taman Negara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8c6RQJjAuM
Daintree Forest Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSm93-hhZGg
Walkabout Cultural Adventures/Aboriginal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLUSLPuWBY8
Red Mangrove Trees: https://youtu.be/zLUSLPuWBY8
Catskill Fossil Forest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1aM34Gy7gg
Walden Woods Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLTgTvOSd84
Walden Full audiobook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaME4iHUhSE
Thoreau’s simple life at Walden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8FUPrd5ra0
Henry David Thoreau Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dzl6eyMf0o
Johann Strauss II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlKAxnbQuss
Tales from the Vienna Woods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-GaI2jaYvc
Viennese Wine: https://youtu.be/1E5BO2l-75I
Camera Obscura: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LutIudRhm10
History of the Camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvy7Qlp4A2k
The Rise and Fall of Kodak: https://youtu.be/u7yo7e3HhKA
BBC Ansel Adams Pt 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZND3eczqoIA
BBC Ansel Adams Pt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWhQGU2RYuM
Ansel Adams, Photography with Intention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zxancgfDVg
Make a clinometer:
Tree age estimation tool:
https://www.omnicalculator.com/biology/tree-age
Measurements in sampling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58q4vcLvQyE
Timber Inventory & sampling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I5h1AoKdhs
Tree age calculator: https://goodcalculators.com/tree-age-calculator/
Literary devices, definitions, and examples: https://writers.com/common-literary-devices
We recommend seeking out a high quality forest field guide relevant to your locality to utilize throughout this unit study.
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
How to Read a Tree by Tristan Gooley
Forest School for Grownups by Richard Irvine
The Sibley Guide to Trees by David Allen Sibley
Notes on Trees by Anna Botsford Comstock
The Architecture of Trees by Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi
Into the Forest: The Secret Language of Trees by Susan Tyler Hitchcock
The Bushcraft Boxed Set by Dave Canterbury
Forestry Handbook by Reginald D. Forbes
Edible Wild Plants for Beginners by Althea Press