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

Upper Primary Level Resources

SRP_Upper_Primary

The Forest Learners Kit currently contains over 70 different multi-media teaching aids for the following upper primary grades:

Upper primary 6
Upper primary 7
Upper primary 8

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

Upper Primary School Syllabus (for relevant subject areas)
Upper Primary Teacher's Guide (for relevant subject areas)

Teaching Aids: Living Things

Over 45 Multi-media Resources have been allocated to the upper primary school strand: Living Things. These teaching aids have been categorised according to the 2 relevant sub-strands (see below).

Ecology, relationships and interactions:

CELEBRATING OUR FORESTS: Students will learn about the importance of forests as ecosystems and for humans (physically, spiritually and economically). Students will conduct Internet research and use this research for creative writing, and developing listening/ comprehension skills.
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.
EVERY TREE FOR ITSELF: Students will develop an appreciation for the needs of living things, and learn about the conditions trees need in order to live and grow.
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.
FACTS ABOUT TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: Tropical rainforests cover about 6-7% of the Earth’s land surface and are mainly located in the tropics.
FOOD CHAINS FOR KIDS: Food chains help us understand the connection between living things. What eats what? Where does the energy that life needs to survive come from? Learn about producers, primary consumers, secondary or tertiary consumers, apex predators, and decomposers and the roles they play in food chains!
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.
LAYERS OF THE RAINFOREST: Children take a journey from the gloom of the forest floor to the bright sunshine at the top of the tallest tree, as they learn about the layers of vegetation.
PLANT A TREE, FUND A DREAM: AWF have set up the 'Plant a Tree, Fund The Dream' Program to help rebuild our forests whilst funding children in Sierra Leone through education. Story, Crossword, Wordserch, Activity sheets, Fact Sheets, Rainforests, Deforestation, Endngered Species...
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.
RAINFOREST ANIMALS PACK: This pack includes a double paged fact sheet on endangered animals found in the rainforest, a related worksheet with questions
RAINFOREST FOOD CHAINS: An open ended activity involving sorting and classifying. Each link of the paper chain represents a transfer of energy in the food chain. This can also be extended to creating multiples chains as a food web.
RAINFOREST LAYERS: Rainforest layers canopy emergent card sort undercanopy forest floor shrub.
ROLE OF FORESTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: In this lesson students will examine the various roles forests play in protecting the environment. They will understand, measure, and calculate water and air quality parameters used as indicators of environmental health, and interpret their findings.
SAVANNA GRASSLAND BIOME: Video describing the characteristics of the Savanna Grasslands as well as how the threat desertification is affecting the biome.
SAVANNA GRASSLAND- BIOMES OF THE WORLD: The savanna is a type of biome with large stretches of grasslands mixed with trees and shrubs. It is a mix between a tropical forest and a temperate grassland.
SEED DISPERSAL WORKSHEET: A worksheet with pictures (and names) of a variety of seeds. These are dispersed in different ways and can be sorted into the different ways (children look for clues about each one) under headings: wind, catching a lift, eaten by animals, water, exploding etc.
TREES SAVE THE WORLD: Students will learn about the environmental impact humans have on the earth and how trees play an important part in removing carbon from the atmosphere. The students will investigate how the wood from trees is used in everyday products.
TROPICAL RAINFOREST BIOMES: The tropical rainforest environment.
VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP - AMAZON RAINFOREST: Introduce your students to the layers of the rainforest and the animals who live there. Explore the adaptations that have evolved over time.

Nature of living things:

ALL ABOUT TREES: Where do we find trees? What lives in trees? An activity that lets your students think first.
BIOMES LESSON: This resource pack contains a PowerPoint and information worksheets. PowerPoint is a very basic explanation on what biomes are and where they are located. Children to create their own informative poster about a biome in a group.
CELEBRATING OUR FORESTS: Students will learn about the importance of forests as ecosystems and for humans (physically, spiritually and economically). Students will conduct Internet research and use this research for creative writing, and developing listening/ comprehension skills.
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.
EVERY TREE FOR ITSELF: Students will develop an appreciation for the needs of living things, and learn about the conditions trees need in order to live and grow.
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.
FACTS ABOUT TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: Tropical rainforests cover about 6-7% of the Earth’s land surface and are mainly located in the tropics.
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.
LAYERS OF A RAINFOREST: This video will show you the different layers of the rainforest.
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: A description of how animals are suited to their habitat and why animals chose particular habitats with questions. Topics also included: enviroment.
MANUFACTURED WOOD PRODUCTS: Learn about the different types of manufactured wood products and about innovative techniques to produce manufactured wood products.
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.
RAINFOREST CLASS ASSEMBLY AND RESOURCES: Class assembly with accompanying song words and PowerPoint presentation
RAINFOREST DISPLAY MATERIALS: This is a collection of labels, facts and information about rainforests that can be used as part of a display. Hope that they prove useful and please leave feedback if used.
RAINFOREST FACT SHEETS: A collection of great rainforest resources to be used to support teaching about the rainforest.
RAINFOREST LAYERS - MATCHING ACTIVITY: This activity involves matching a variety of rainforest animals to the rainforest layers they live in. It can be differentiated by giving the children either picture clues or word clues to help them. They can also choose to draw, write, or cut and stick the answers on the layers diagram. Some starting points for group discussion have also been provided.
RAINFOREST MILLIONAIRE: A PowerPoint presentation which can be projected onto a whiteboard and used at the beginning or end of a topic on the rainforest.
ROLE OF FORESTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION : In this lesson students will examine the various roles forests play in protecting the environment. They will understand, measure, and calculate water and air quality parameters used as indicators of environmental health, and interpret their findings.
SAVANNA GRASSLAND BIOME: Video describing the characteristics of the Savanna Grasslands as well as how the threat desertification is affecting the biome.
SAVANNA GRASSLAND- BIOMES OF THE WORLD: The savanna is a type of biome with large stretches of grasslands mixed with trees and shrubs. It is a mix between a tropical forest and a temperate grassland.
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.
TREES SAVE THE WORLD: Students will learn about the environmental impact humans have on the earth and how trees play an important part in removing carbon from the atmosphere. The students will investigate how the wood from trees is used in everyday products.
TREES WORKSHEET: A great worksheet about plants and food.
THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST BIOME FACTS: The tropical rainforest facts. The biome called the tropical rainforest is found around the equator. The rainforest is hot, humid, and receives over 100 inches of rain.
VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP - AMAZON RAINFOREST: Introduce your students to the layers of the rainforest and the animals who live there. Explore the adaptations that have evolved over time.
WHAT IS A PLANT? Plants are everywhere, but what is a plant? A plant has special parts. They need sunlight, water, nutrients, and carbon dioxide and use photosynthesis to create sugars and oxygen. There are many different types of plants. Because plants can't move the way animals do, they have to have different solutions to their problems.
WHY TREES ARE IMPORTANT?: These 6 lesson plans are designed to educate why trees are important

Teaching Aids: Managing Resources

Over 70 Multi-media Resources have been allocated to the lower primary school strand: Managing Resources. These teaching aids have been categorised according to the relevant sub-strand (see below).

Environment:

A 60 SECOND GUIDE- SAVANNA BIOME: A brief introduction to the savanna biome.
BIOMES LESSON: This resource pack contains a PowerPoint and information worksheets. PowerPoint is a very basic explanation on what biomes are and where they are located. Children to create their own informative poster about a biome in a group.
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.
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.
CELEBRATING OUR FORESTS: Students will learn about the importance of forests as ecosystems and for humans (physically, spiritually and economically). Students will conduct Internet research and use this research for creative writing, and developing listening/ comprehension skills.
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.
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.
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.
KIDS SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL TOOL KIT: This tool kit from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) helps educate young people about sustainable palm oil in a fun and engaging way. It includes an educational booklet about palm oil and sustainability, a palm oil supply chain activity, and a colouring book featuring wildlife from oil palm producing countries.
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.
PALM OIL - MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES : This presentation explains what palm oil is, where it comes from, and which products we should buy to protect the rainforests.
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.
RAINFOREST MILLIONAIRE: A PowerPoint presentation which can be projected onto a whiteboard and used at the beginning or end of a topic on the rainforest.
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.
TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE: This lesson considers some of the proposed ways of tackling climate change.
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.
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.

Land and water 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 IN PNG?: 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?
ARE TREES READY TO TAKE ON GLOBAL WARMING : While humans make attempts to control carbon dioxide levels that contribute to global warming, is it possible that trees have already taken on the task? Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute scientists studying African forests think that's what's happening.
B-I-O-DIVERSITY: The secret of rainforest life is biological diversity.
BUYER BE FAIR (FSC AND FORESTS): Explore how forests are used and the many stakeholders involved in forestry.
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.
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.
CELEBRATING OUR FORESTS: Students will learn about the importance of forests as ecosystems and for humans (physically, spiritually and economically). Students will conduct Internet research and use this research for creative writing, and developing listening/ comprehension skills.
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.
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.
FSC AND FORESTS: Explore how forests are used and the many stakeholders involved in forestry.
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 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.
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.
KIDS SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL TOOL KIT: This tool kit from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) helps educate young people about sustainable palm oil in a fun and engaging way. It includes an educational booklet about palm oil and sustainability, a palm oil supply chain activity, and a colouring book featuring wildlife from oil palm producing countries.
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.
PALM OIL - MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES : This presentation explains what palm oil is, where it comes from, and which products we should buy to protect the rainforests.
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 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.
RAINFOREST LESSONS - GRADE 6: Every year thousands of migratory birds make the long journey from North American forests, parks and backyards to the warm rainforests of Central and South America. Many of these birds will land in trees that shade coffee farms in Central America. Fifth and sixth graders will learn about the important work that SalvaNatura, the Rainforest Alliance's partner group in El Salvador, is carrying out to protect coffee forests and El Imposible, the first national park of El Salvador.
RAINFOREST LESSONS - GRADE 7: Bananas, the world's most popular fruit, can only be grown commercially in the tropical regions of the world where rainforests also thrive. Many of these bananas are sustainably grown on banana farms certified by the Rainforest Alliance. Students will learn about the origin of the banana, how bananas are grown, and how their bananas travel from Honduras to their local grocery store.
RAINFOREST LESSONS - GRADE 8: Spanning six million acres, the Maya rainforest represents the second largest contiguous tropical rainforest in the Americas, home to an astounding diversity of plant and animal life and a rich indigenous history. In this unit, students will learn how scientists classify forests, analyze maps to discover how the forests in Guatemala are changing and understand the role forest certification plays in conserving these unique ecosystems.
RAINFOREST MILLIONAIRE: A PowerPoint presentation which can be projected onto a whiteboard and used at the beginning or end of a topic on the rainforest.
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.
SAVANNA GRASSLAND BIOME: Video describing the characteristics of the Savanna Grasslands as well as how the threat desertification is affecting the biome.
SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW - THE LIVING WORLD : From the rainforest to wildlife, plants and fungi to deserts and mountain ranges, Chris and the three contestants cover it all in this fourth episode of “Show What You Know.”
SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL - INFOGRAPHICS : Factsheets and posters about sustainable palm oil production, processing and marketing from GreenPalm.
TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE: This lesson considers some of the proposed ways of tackling climate change.
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, 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.
WE PROTECT THE RAINFOREST TOGETHER : The Ito family's trip to the Amazon is an ITTO manga comic book that follows the adventures of the Ito family as they travel to the Amazon and learn about tropical forests and how ITTO is involved in the conservation, sustainable management as well as the rehabilitation and restoration of the world's tropical forests.
WHY PLANT TREES?: 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?
WOK PLANIM NA LUKAUTIM PIKINNINI TEAK DIWAI: This introductory video looks at (1) seed germination, (2) nursery techniques, (3) uprooting and cutting, (4) site preparation, and (5) transplanting of teak stumps. The activities were filmed at OISCA in East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.

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