Promote Trees The Forest Learners Kit aims to promote the benefits of trees and forests to the next generation of Papua New Guineans.

Lower Secondary Level Resources

Grade_11 The Forest Learners Kit currently contains over 50 different multi-media teaching aids for the following lower secondary grades:

Lower secondary 9
Lower secondary 10

These school resources have been arranged with reference to the PNG Outcome Based Curriculum:

Lower Secondary School Syllabus (for relevant subject areas)
Lower Secondary Teacher's Guide (for relevant subject areas)

Teaching Aids: Life and Living

Fifteen Multi-media Resources have been allocated to the lower secondary school strand: Life and Living. These teaching aids have been categorised according to the relevant unit (see below).

Ecology:

A 60 SECOND GUIDE- SAVANNA BIOME: A brief introduction to the savanna biome.
CARBON AND ITS STORAGE IN FOREST AND WOOD PRODUCTS: This carbon cycle worksheet resource encompasses class activities on the carbon cycle, calculating carbon and understanding how carbon is sequestered.
CARBON FOOTPRINTS, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND OFFSETTING: This is the third lesson in a series of three teaching pupils about 1. Climate change/global warming 2. human activities relating to this 3.renewable energy sources carbon footprints and offsetting.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING: This is the first lesson in a series of three teaching pupils about 1. Climate change/global warming 2. human activities relating to this 3.renewable energy sources carbon footprints and offsetting.
CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSES & EFFECTS: Students will learn about the causes and consequences of climate change, and through case studies, explore the ways in which climate change can impact plants and animals. They will also consider what actions can be taken to reduce the impacts of climate change.
CLIMATE CHANGE PRESENTATION: Power Point Presentation on Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming, Climate Change.
ENVIRONMENTS AND ECOSYSTEMS: This booklet looks primarily at the rainforest and covers how plants adapt to their environments, food webs, the water cycle, how humans use the rainforest and how it can be sustainable.
FACTS ABOUT TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: Tropical rainforests cover about 6-7% of the Earth's land surface and are mainly located in the tropics.
FORESTS, TIMBER AND CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHEET: This climate change lesson worksheet and factsheet combined, teaches students about the relationship between forests and climate change. Students will also learn about the role that forests and forest products play in reducing greenhouse gasses.
HABITATS LINKED TO CARTOON CHARACTERS ACTIVITY: Students work in teams to retrieve information about different habitats. Each habitat is linked to a cartoon character from a film such as finding Nemo, Happy Feet etc.
HUMAN ACTIVITIES CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE: This is the second lesson in a series of three teaching pupils about 1. Climate change/global warming 2. human activities relating to this 3.renewable energy sources carbon footprints and offsetting.
RAINFORESTS: Rainforests are home to over half of the world's plant and animal species. Learn about tropical and temperate rainforests, how they contribute to the global ecosystem, and the conservation efforts being done to protect these biomes.
SAVANNA GRASSLAND BIOME: Video describing the characteristics of the Savanna Grasslands as well as how the threat desertification is affecting the biome.
SCIENCE BIOMES: Lesson plans, worksheets, experiment and a PPT on biomes.
TREES, WOODLANDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: A set of fact sheets explaining climate change, why it is happening, the role of trees in regulating the global climate, managing trees and woodland sustainably, woodland biodiversity, wood as a green renewable resource and how to identify sustainable supplies of wood and paper.

Teaching Aids: Sustainabilty

Fifteen Multi-media Resources have been allocated to the lower secondary school strand: Sustainabilty. These teaching aids have been categorised according to the 2 relevant units (see below).

Agricultural Production Systems in PNG

AGRO FORESTRY - TREE BASED FARMING: Through our agro-forestry initiative Trees for Life, we support farmers to plant ecologically beneficial trees on their lands. These trees in turn will provide sustenance for the farmer and give them produce which they can use for extra income
CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE WITH TREES: The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in the Philippines is working with smallholder farmers in the rural uplands to promote sustainable agriculture through integrating trees on farms.
FOREST LEARNING: In this renewable resources lesson and video, students will learn about renewable and non-renewable resources and the energy and processes used to produce various every day materials and products and their impact on the environment.
GOOD OIL - SUMATRA'S SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL: The small holder palm oil project run by the farmers of Dosan village in Riau (Sumatra, Indonesia) is demonstrating that sustainable palm oil production and protection of Indonesia's remaining rainforest can go hand in hand.
HOW AGROFORESTRY CAN INCREASE COFFEE FARMS' RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: What is at stake in global climate? How is it affecting coffee farmers?
HOW CAN PALM OIL BE MORE SUSTAINABLE?: We hear a lot about the impacts of palm oil on forests and endangered species such as the orangutan. But did you know that solutions exist to produce palm oil that does not harm people or nature? Take 5 minutes to find out how the RSPO works and why WWF supports it as one strategy to help reduce deforestation and biodiversity loss in the tropics.
MANUFACTURED WOOD PRODUCTS: Learn about the different types of manufactured wood products and about innovative techniques to produce manufactured wood products.
RSPO CERTIFICATION FOR SMALLHOLDER FARMERS: Smallholder farmers produce 40% of the world's palm oil. This video from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) looks at how these farmers can increase production, protect their environment and sustain their rural livelihoods.
SHOPPING WITH THEIR FEET: See how two friends in Australia created a social media campaign calling for palm oil to be sourced only from sustainable plantations.
SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL - INFOGRAPHICS: Factsheets and posters about sustainable palm oil production, processing and marketing from GreenPalm.
SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL - REPORTS: Reports on sustainable palm oil production from the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL - STANDARDS: Standards for sustainable palm oil production from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL - THE WAY FORWARD: This video describes the work of the Sustainable Palm Oil team in WWF-Malaysia. It also shows how some oil palm companies are already contributing a role in conservation work on the ground.

Agricultural Forestry Project:

CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE WITH TREES: The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in the Philippines is working with smallholder farmers in the rural uplands to promote sustainable agriculture through integrating trees on farms.
HOW AGROFORESTRY CAN INCREASE COFFEE FARMS' RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: What is at stake in global climate? How is it affecting coffee farmers?

Teaching Aids: Environment and Sustainability

Over 70 Multi-media Resources have been allocated to the lower secondary school strand: Environment and Sustainability. These teaching aids have been categorised according to the 3 relevant units (see below).

Resource Development & Management:

A 60 SECOND GUIDE- SAVANNA BIOME: A brief introduction to the savanna biome.
AGRO FORESTRY - TREE BASED FARMING: Through our agro-forestry initiative Trees for Life, we support farmers to plant ecologically beneficial trees on their lands. These trees in turn will provide sustenance for the farmer and give them produce which they can use for extra income
ARE YOU READY TO PLANT TREES?: This video helps landowners to answer the following questions: (1) Do you have the necessary resources to grow trees? (2) Who can help you to grow trees? (3) Can trees help you to realise your plans for the future?
CARBON AND ITS STORAGE IN FOREST AND WOOD PRODUCTS: This carbon cycle worksheet resource encompasses class activities on the carbon cycle, calculating carbon and understanding how carbon is sequestered.
CARBON FOOTPRINTS, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND OFFSETTING: This is the third lesson in a series of three teaching pupils about 1. Climate change/global warming 2. human activities relating to this 3.renewable energy sources carbon footprints and offsetting.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING: This is the first lesson in a series of three teaching pupils about 1. Climate change/global warming 2. human activities relating to this 3.renewable energy sources carbon footprints and offsetting.
CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSES & EFFECTS: Students will learn about the causes and consequences of climate change, and through case studies, explore the ways in which climate change can impact plants and animals. They will also consider what actions can be taken to reduce the impacts of climate change.
CLIMATE CHANGE PRESENTATION: Power Point Presentation on Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming, Climate Change.
CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE WITH TREES: The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in the Philippines is working with smallholder farmers in the rural uplands to promote sustainable agriculture through integrating trees on farms.
ENVIRONMENTS AND ECOSYSTEMS: This booklet looks primarily at the rainforest and covers how plants adapt to their environments, food webs, the water cycle, how humans use the rainforest and how it can be sustainable.
EXPLORING ECOSYSTEMS: Trek through a tropical rainforest and explore the incredible diversity of species that call it home. Come explore the vast interactive network of plants, animal, and insects in tropical rainforests. Fueled by sunlight and rain, rainforests are some of the most diverse energy-rich ecosystems on the planet.
FOREST LEARNING: In this renewable resources lesson and video, students will learn about renewable and non-renewable resources and the energy and processes used to produce various every day materials and products and their impact on the environment.
FORESTS, TIMBER AND CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHEET: This climate change lesson worksheet and factsheet combined, teaches students about the relationship between forests and climate change. Students will also learn about the role that forests and forest products play in reducing greenhouse gasses.
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS LESSON PLAN: In this high school geography lesson plan students will learn about Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and how they can be used in forestry.
GIS SYSTEMS: Learn about Geographical Information Systems and how they can be used in forestry.
GOING BUSH 3: Looks at the carbon storage potential of buildings.
GRETA THUNBERG: Environmental activists Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot highlight the need to protect, restore and use nature to tackle the climate crisis.
HABITATS LINKED TO CARTOON CHARACTERS ACTIVITY: Students work in teams to retrieve information about different habitats. Each habitat is linked to a cartoon character from a film such as finding Nemo, Happy Feet etc.
HOW IS CARBON STORED IN WOOD PRODUCTS?: This resource examines the properties of carbon and how to use formulas for calculating carbon storage sequestration. It provides information on how some carbon is lost during the processing and manufacturing of wood, whilst most is recovered and used and then stored for the life of the wood product.
HOW AGROFORESTRY CAN INCREASE COFFEE FARMS’ RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: What is at stake in global climate? How is it affecting coffee farmers?
HUMAN ACTIVITIES CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE: This is the second lesson in a series of three teaching pupils about 1. Climate change/global warming 2. human activities relating to this 3.renewable energy sources carbon footprints and offsetting.
MANUFACTURED WOOD PRODUCTS: Learn about the different types of manufactured wood products and about innovative techniques to produce manufactured wood products.
MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE: This lesson aims to get students to think about the different way we can mitigate climate change. These include; Alternative energy, carbon capture, replanting trees and international agreements.
OUR FOREST OUR FUTURE: "Our Forest our future" is the slogan of Vanuatu's Forest Department to raise awareness among the local population about the urgent need to conserve and protect forests on the islands of the South Pacific.
PROTECTING HABITATS IN PNG'S TORRICELLI MOUNTAINS: Mathew Akon is enlisting one of the world's most endangered marsupials, the little-known tensile or Scott's tree kangaroo, to inspire villagers in Papua New Guinea's remote and wildlife-rich Torricelli Mountains to agree to hunting limits and support habitat protection.
RAINFORESTS: Rainforests are home to over half of the world's plant and animal species. Learn about tropical and temperate rainforests, how they contribute to the global ecosystem, and the conservation efforts being done to protect these biomes.
ROLE OF FOREST RESOURCES: Forest and tree play a vital role in the lives of all the people of Pacific Island countries and territories.
SAVANNA GRASSLAND BIOME: Video describing the characteristics of the Savanna Grasslands as well as how the threat desertification is affecting the biome.
SHOPPING WITH THEIR FEET: See how two friends in Australia created a social media campaign calling for palm oil to be sourced only from sustainable plantations.
SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL - INFOGRAPHICS: Factsheets and posters about sustainable palm oil production, processing and marketing from GreenPalm.
SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL - REPORTS: Reports on sustainable palm oil production from the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL - STANDARDS: Standards for sustainable palm oil production from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL - THE WAY FORWARD: This video describes the work of the Sustainable Palm Oil team in WWF-Malaysia. It also shows how some oil palm companies are already contributing a role in conservation work on the ground.
TANAH PAPUA, A PARADISE FOR BIRDS: The Cornell Lab's Birds-of-Paradise Project is working with the Governments of Papua and West Papua and other international partners to further science, engagement and conservation of the region's biodiversity with a focus on the birds-of-paradise.
THE 10 LARGEST FORESTS ON EARTH: Forests are some of the important ecosystems on the planet, but also some of the most threatened. In hopes of raising awareness of the issue of deforestation, here's the 10 largest forests on Earth.
THE 5 MOST DAMAGED FORESTS ON EARTH: Last week I went through the 10 largest forests on Earth, but there were a few forests that I felt needed to be mentioned, not because of how big they are currently, but because of how big they once were.
TREE OF LIFE: Have you ever thought of the Bible as a story about trees? In the opening pages of the Bible, God gives humanity a gift that they quickly forfeit—eternal life that comes by eating from the tree of life. In this video, we explore the meaning of this powerful image and how sacred trees play a key role throughout the story of the Bible.
TREES FOR LIFE: Through our agro-forestry initiative Trees for Life, we support farmers to plant ecologically beneficial trees on their lands. These trees in turn will provide sustenance for the farmer and give them produce which they can use for extra income.
TREES FOR TIMBER: Money doesn't grow on trees, but a tree planting program in East New Britain Province is challenging this proverb.
TREES, WOODLANDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: A set of fact sheets explaining climate change, why it is happening, the role of trees in regulating the global climate, managing trees and woodland sustainably, woodland biodiversity, wood as a green renewable resource and how to identify sustainable supplies of wood and paper.
WHY PLANT TREES IN PNG?: This video helps landowners to think about the following questions: (1) Can trees help me? (2) Don't trees take up too much space? (3) Don't trees grow too slowly? (4) Can trees help everyone?

Environment Change, Pollution & Solutions:

CARBON FOOTPRINTS, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND OFFSETTING: This is the third lesson in a series of three teaching pupils about 1. Climate change/global warming 2. human activities relating to this 3.renewable energy sources carbon footprints and offsetting.
CARBON STORAGE IN FOREST AND WOOD PRODUCTS: This carbon cycle worksheet resource encompasses class activities on the carbon cycle, calculating carbon and understanding how carbon is sequestered
CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: What causes climate change (also known as global warming)? And what are the effects of climate change? Learn the human impact and consequences of climate change for the environment, and our lives.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING: This is the first lesson in a series of three teaching pupils about 1. Climate change/global warming 2. human activities relating to this 3.renewable energy sources carbon footprints and offsetting.
CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSES & EFFECTS: Students will learn about the causes and consequences of climate change, and through case studies, explore the ways in which climate change can impact plants and animals. They will also consider what actions can be taken to reduce the impacts of climate change.
CLIMATE CHANGE PRESENTATION: Power Point Presentation on Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming, Climate Change..
ENVIRONMENTS AND ECOSYSTEMS: This booklet looks primarily at the rainforest and covers how plants adapt to their environments, food webs, the water cycle, how humans use the rainforest and how it can be sustainable.
FORESTS, TIMBER AND CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHEET: This climate change lesson worksheet and factsheet combined, teaches students about the relationship between forests and climate change. Students will also learn about the role that forests and forest products play in reducing greenhouse gasses.
HUMAN ACTIVITIES CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE: This is the second lesson in a series of three teaching pupils about 1. Climate change/global warming 2. human activities relating to this 3.renewable energy sources carbon footprints and offsetting.
MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE: This lesson aims to get students to think about the different way we can mitigate climate change. These include; Alternative energy, carbon capture, replanting trees and international agreements.
PROTECTING HABITATS IN PNG'S TORRICELLI MOUNTAINS: Mathew Akon is enlisting one of the world's most endangered marsupials, the little-known tensile or Scott's tree kangaroo, to inspire villagers in Papua New Guinea's remote and wildlife-rich Torricelli Mountains to agree to hunting limits and support habitat protection.
RAINFORESTS: Rainforests are home to over half of the world's plant and animal species. Learn about tropical and temperate rainforests, how they contribute to the global ecosystem, and the conservation efforts being done to protect these biomes.
SAVANNA GRASSLAND BIOME: Video describing the characteristics of the Savanna Grasslands as well as how the threat desertification is affecting the biome.
TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE: This lesson considers some of the proposed ways of tackling climate change.
THE 10 LARGEST FORESTS ON EARTH: Forests are some of the important ecosystems on the planet, but also some of the most threatened. In hopes of raising awareness of the issue of deforestation, here's the 10 largest forests on Earth.
THE 5 MOST DAMAGED FORESTS ON EARTH: Last week I went through the 10 largest forests on Earth, but there were a few forests that I felt needed to be mentioned, not because of how big they are currently, but because of how big they once were.
TREES, WOODLANDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: A set of fact sheets explaining climate change, why it is happening, the role of trees in regulating the global climate, managing trees and woodland sustainably, woodland biodiversity, wood as a green renewable resource and how to identify sustainable supplies of wood and paper.

PNG and the Global Community

ARE YOU READY TO PLANT TREES?: This video helps landowners to answer the following questions: (1) Do you have the necessary resources to grow trees? (2) Who can help you to grow trees? (3) Can trees help you to realise your plans for the future?
CARBON AND ITS STORAGE IN FOREST AND WOOD PRODUCTS: This carbon cycle worksheet resource encompasses class activities on the carbon cycle, calculating carbon and understanding how carbon is sequestered.
CARBON FOOTPRINTS, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND OFFSETTING: This is the third lesson in a series of three teaching pupils about 1. Climate change/global warming 2. human activities relating to this 3.renewable energy sources carbon footprints and offsetting.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING: This is the first lesson in a series of three teaching pupils about 1. Climate change/global warming 2. human activities relating to this 3.renewable energy sources carbon footprints and offsetting.
CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSES & EFFECTS: Students will learn about the causes and consequences of climate change, and through case studies, explore the ways in which climate change can impact plants and animals. They will also consider what actions can be taken to reduce the impacts of climate change.
CLIMATE CHANGE PRESENTATION: Power Point Presentation on Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming, Climate Change.
ENVIRONMENTS AND ECOSYSTEMS: This booklet looks primarily at the rainforest and covers how plants adapt to their environments, food webs, the water cycle, how humans use the rainforest and how it can be sustainable.
FOREST RESTORATION AFTER LOGGING: In this short Awareness Video, Jonah Barumtai, of Madang Province in PNG, speaks about the need for tree planting to restore his forest of the timber resources that were removed after logging.
FORESTS, TIMBER AND CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHEET: This climate change lesson worksheet and factsheet combined, teaches students about the relationship between forests and climate change. Students will also learn about the role that forests and forest products play in reducing greenhouse gasses.
HUMAN ACTIVITIES CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE: This is the second lesson in a series of three teaching pupils about 1. Climate change/global warming 2. human activities relating to this 3.renewable energy sources carbon footprints and offsetting.
OUR FOREST OUR FUTURE: "Our Forest our future" is the slogan of Vanuatu's Forest Department to raise awareness among the local population about the urgent need to conserve and protect forests on the islands of the South Pacific.
PROTECTING HABITATS IN PNG'S TORRICELLI MOUNTAINS: Mathew Akon is enlisting one of the world's most endangered marsupials, the little-known tensile or Scott's tree kangaroo, to inspire villagers in Papua New Guinea's remote and wildlife-rich Torricelli Mountains to agree to hunting limits and support habitat protection.
PUTTING YOUNG TEAK TREES TO GOOD USE: In this short awareness video by Verdien, Kevin Jack from Mare in Morobe Province explains how the local market for round logs from thinning of teak stands, is an important source of mid-rotation cash for smallholder woodlot owners.
ROLE OF FOREST RESOURCES: Forest and tree play a vital role in the lives of all the people of Pacific Island countries and territories.
RED STINKWOOD: Andrea Willy from promotes the red stinkwood tree for furniture production in Vanuatu.
SANDALWOOD: In this short awareness video by Ginny Stein, Tom Kalpoas shows how he is encouraging people to plant sandalwood in Moso Island, Vanuatu.
TIMBER FOR HOUSE CONSTRUCTION: In this short Awareness Video, Daniel Sioba, of Madang Province in PNG, speaks about how population growth and expansion of gardening areas has reduced his community's timber resources. Daniel and his father explain how tree planting will allow their community to have timber for house construction for many years to come.
WHY PLANT TREES IN PNG?: This video helps landowners to think about the following questions: (1) Can trees help me? (2) Don't trees take up too much space? (3) Don't trees grow too slowly? (4) Can trees help everyone?

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