CCFOR10.4 Timber Cruising Techniques, Forestry Complete Curriculum

Take the stress out of Sunday night, by having your lesson planning done for you. Feel confident in front of your class because this curriculum includes everything that you need to engage your students and teach to the standard.

Best of all, no expertise or prior knowledge in Forestry is required. 

This lesson is on cruising timber and covers stand measurement, stand population, timber cruise maps, field work, plot sampling methods - fixed radius and variable radius plots, what to do about poor quality trees and stand changes, and the office work involved .

The included lab activity has everything you need for students to complete a skill development simulation with a table top timber cruise and apply math skills in a board foot estimation.

It is aligned to the National AFNR Standards for Natural Resources and the Georgia Curriculum Standards for Forestry Science. 

Included in the digital downloads are:

• Instructor Guides
  
• Content Outline with Talking Points
  
• Matching PowerPoint
  
• Student Guided Notes 
  
• Written Assessment for Pre/Post Test
  
• Student Activity Pages
  
• Activity Assessments
  
• Answer Keys for Everything
  

This lesson is part of the Forestry Science curriculum but can be added to any high school agriculture class. Anyone can use this lesson to teach Forestry, even a substitute teacher. 

How It Works:

After completing your purchase, simply check your email for a download link and you are good to go.  Download the PDFs and PowerPoints and begin using the curriculum right away.   

Use it to teach this lesson verbatim or add it as a supplement to your current curriculum and get time back to spend with your family. 

If you want your whole year done for you, check out the rest of the Complete Curriculum for Forestry Science here.