• Keeping a scrapbook
• Giving the kids a real world, authentic environment and an audience to pass on knowledge.
• Span on life long learning.
• Broaden views on issues.
• Have student driven learning.
• Learn another part of the country/cultural exchange.
• Reaching out to other states (have a section to reach out to other states, pictures, poetry, stories to share what they are doing and where they are at).
• Students learn to use technology
• Students pass along what they learn to study buddies (younger students).
• Bridging the generation gap- Seniors, young kids.

What is concept mapping?

Conceptual map rubrics:
Forestry in my community means...
My concept of a forest...
My concept of my community...

Click here for the Teacher to Teacher message board
A username and password is required for entry - contact Marcella Szymanski to get a username and password

How to use the web message board
Click above on the message board a box will come up that asks for your user name and password. Enter these and click on OK. Click on Teacher to Teacher on the left side of page. You are now in the Teacher to Teacher room. Click on Discussion. You will see a number of topics listed that have already been started.

• To enter a reply to what someone has written, click on the reply you want to respond. To respond click on the respond button. A page will open and you can write your comments. When you are done hit publish.
• If you want to add a new discussion topic, click on the new button. You will be creating a page and so click on next. A page will open and you can write your subject of discussion and then your comments. When you are done hit publish.

Please do not worry about making mistakes. Have fun with the board and if you have problems please send me an e-mail and we will walk through it together.

WHAT IS FORESTRY?
Past project Elliott County students
KENTUCKY FORESTRY FACT SHEET
FORESTS AND FORESTRY IN KENTUCKY
TREE TIPS
SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFATION OF TREES
DEBRIS BURNING AND FOREST FIRES
WHEN A TREE BURNS IT'S A ROTTEN SHAME!
MANAGING SUSTAINABLE FORESTS IN KENTUCKY http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/for/for15/for15.pdf
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/for/for68/for68.htm
FOREST RESOURCES WEB LINKS