Welcome! This is your one-stop shop for easy access to resources to support classroom and community presentations. We’re thrilled that you’re part of our collective effort to connect people  – especially young people – with trees and forests, the goods and services they provide and myriad potential careers. Together, we can grow people’s understanding of forests and empower them to take actions that benefit forests and all of us.

Resources

Activities and resources for a variety of grade levels

These tools can help you plan your presentation to fit the needs of your audience and include meaningful hands-on learning. Be sure to check out items for different age levels, as well as giveaway items you may request from IFPC.

Forest Literacy Framework

The Forest Literacy Framework contains 100 forest concepts organized around 4 themes – What is a forest? Why do forests matter? How do we sustain our forests? What is our responsibility to our forests? Explore the concepts through different lenses – grade levels, hot topics and themes – and access downloadable resources like a Glossary and 10 Reasons Why Forests Matter.

Suggestion: Use the Forest Literacy Framework to consider which concepts and activities are most appropriate for your audience.

Learn About Forests Toolkit with free PLT activities

Twelve free activities from Project Learning Tree, formatted with step by step instructions for you. Plus tips and tricks for working with students, schools and communities.

Suggestion: Use the Idaho Fast Breaks videos as part of your presentation.

Free Family Activities from Project Learning Tree

Access dozens of mini-versions of PLT activities – many downloadable in both English and Spanish. 

Suggestion: Free Family Activities are also great for sending home with kids after your classroom
visit.

Tree Cookies 

Illustrate how trees grow. Each layer can tell us something about the tree’s life and the conditions in which it grew. 

Suggestion: Use our Tree Cookies and Forest Management lesson to illustrate potential results of your work in the woods.

Printed Materials

IFPC can provide a variety of items to help support your classroom visit! You can order materials here.

Looking for more Idaho Forest-Focused Education?

Explore all that IFPC offers, from Project Learning Tree training opportunities, to contests for Idaho students, youth-friendly web pages, papermaking information, jobs and the people who work in forests, and our forest history supplement.

Idaho Connect (Next Steps Idaho)

Expand lessons beyond the textbook and give students a first-hand look at the world of work! Idaho Connect, powered by Pathful, builds a bridge between education and the world of work. Pathful is a leader in learn-to-work ecosystems. Their platform allows any student at a contracted school to connect “live” with industry experts: locally, across the state, regionally, or nationally.

Email Michelle or Jenn to request resources, papermaking supplies or other support.