Siskiyou Environmental Education Center
The Forest Ecology Kit contains activities, field guides, and samples for helping students understand the complex ecology of local forests.
Activities:
- Tree Identification- how to use a dichotomous key to identify commonly occurring native trees in the Rogue Valley
- Drawing Succession- understanding the successional process
- Succession and Habitat Diversity –understanding the 5 successional stages and learning about habitat diversity
- Studying Succession Through Forest Exploration –collecting data on a local forest and determining what successional stage it is in
- Likable Lichens –identification of different lichens
- Forever Trees –learning about the concept of sustained yield
Books:
- Discovering Nature: Ancient Forests
- The Tree in the Ancient Forest
- In a Nutshell
- Discovering your Life-place: a Fist Bioregional Workbook
- How the Forest Grew
- Field Guide to Old-Growth Forests
- Peterson’s Guide to California and Pacific Northwest Forests
- Up the Tall Tree
- Atlas of Oregon Wildlife
- Pacific Coast Tree Finder
- Jackson County Habitat Guide
Resources:
- Dichotomous Keys
- Bag of Lichens
- Forest Succession Photographs
- Various Tree Sample and Disturbance Cards
- Diameter Tape
- Increment Tree Borer
- Various other Forest Kit resources