Educational Resources for Researching January's Topic

The Importance of Trees to Our Planet

One of the process objectives for this simulation revolves around the exploration of, and use of, resources on the net. We do not want to give you all the possible links, nor would that be feasible, but we give you a few here to get you started. We will also be providing our simulation users with a bulletin board where they can post great sites for use on the specific topic we will be exploring on any one particular month.

General Search Engines for Students

• Yahoo's search engine for students. A good place to start any student search.
• K-12 World SearchThis is a search engine at a site dedicated to students and teachers.

General Links for Facts Relative to the U.N. and global issues.

• The United Nations introduction for students. This is a great U.N. resource to start reviewing the United Nations.
• The United Nations The United Nations has an extensive website.
• The United Nations has other resources for students. If you are just introducting a class to the process, you might want to visit the section on this page that talks about a Primary School Unit on the UN Charter.
• CIA Publications There are resources here to include the 1995 World Fact Book, The Handbook of Economic Statistics and other sources of information. Great!
• International Simulations Check out this site for ideas. It is provided by the University of Michigan.
• Constitutions and Laws This site has links to most of the various U.S. state constitutions, statutes, laws, legislative action, etc.
• Library of Congress Home Page Just what it says it is.
• The White House The connection for the U.S. Executive Office
• Reference Links A group of reference links kept up by a father and son team. GREAT!
• The Global School House This is a great place to go for educational ideas and links to other people, projects and educational happenings.
• The National Council of Social Studies. A great place for looking at social studies objectives and reviewing learning outcomes. I doubt if the kids will get really excited about this one, but the teachers should.

Specific Links relative to "The Importance of Trees to Our Planet"

Links that are generally more conservation oriented.

• Gaia Forest Conservation Archives. It contains a lot of information relative to the effects of forest destruction. It also has some email-listservs that you can apply to which will provide you daily information relative to what is happening on the issue right now.
• Union of Concerned Scientist look at Biodiversity
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center presents visual evidence related to loss of forests
• Rainforest Action Network is an organization dedicated to preserving the rainforests of the world.
• The Sierra Club has an interesting site. This is also a good place to look for "Policy Statements" relative to the issue of trees. The club publishes on line its policy statements on a wide variety of issues. It may give you ideas you could use for your U.N. Proposition.
• Sierra Club in Angeles list of links

Links that are generally Pro-Economic Development of Forests and Forest Product

• Alaskan Forest Products website. It looks at a number of issues including the economic importance to forest products to the state and its residence.
• Auburn University in Alabama has a website run by its School of Forestry.
• Forest Pro An excellent site with a lot of resources relative to the importance of forest products to our global economy.
• An excellent site for information research on the Internet. It also contains a number of Listservs that support the economic development of our forest resources.

Links to government offices related to forest management.

• The USDA Forest Service The home page for the United States Forest Service.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a searchable website where you can look for reports on a variety of topics including the U.S. Forest Service.
• Canadian Forest Service