Educational Resources Curricula Forest staff and teachers from Consortium institutions have developed a wealth of lesson plans and activities for use in the Forest. Many were originally written at the middle-school level, but nearly all can be adapted for younger and older students. General topics include watersheds, water cycles, and water quality and quantity; forest resources, including tree identification and measurement; Forest ecosystems, including geology, wildlife, and plants; map reading and orienteering; and computer-based activities. In all cases these can be used alone or as starting points for developing activities, assisted by Forest staff if desired, that are tailor-made for specific educational situations.
Additional middle-school curricula in orienteering, dendrology, and water quality developed by Barnard College’s Institute of Urban Education. This Institute was developed to enhance training for undergraduates majoring in education so they could effectively teach urban middle school classes. Based at both Barnard College and Black Rock Forest, it brought together middle school students, their teachers, undergraduate education majors, and education faculty from several colleges to optimize teaching and learning. The curricula include information about objectives, vocabulary, processes, materials, methods, and resources.
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