Trees are awesome!
Join Andy Tree (yes that’s his real name) in a recorded session for a brief introduction to what makes our trees so awesome, how we manage our trees and forests, and how trees store carbon.
Topics will be accessible for an elementary school audience, but applicable for K-12. This presentation is approximately 45 minutes in length.
Topics included in the session are listed below.
- What is a tree? (Looking at a tree’s life cycle, age, species we find around us)
- What do our trees do for us? (Ecosystem services, non-timber forest products, forest products)
- What do we do for our trees? (A brief look into the jobs of foresters, technicians, ecologists, other careers)
- How many trees do we have?
- Take-away activity – An introduction to forest carbon with our Carbon Storage Ruler
Andy Tree is Forest NB’s Communications and Marketing Manager and is passionate about creative communication of complex topics and sharing the story of Canadian Forestry. He also manages Forest NB’s educational efforts and has created many educational resources and videos to help Canadians engage with their forests. Check out his 8,000 Trees video, Carbon Storage Ruler, or more on the Forest NB website.
About Forest NB
Forest NB is a non-profit industry association representing the forest products sector in dealings with government and the public. Our members manufacture diverse products from renewable forest resources including pulp, paper, solid wood, pellets, composite panels, specialty products, and much more.
