Objective: Students will be able to define the concept and value of a sustained-yield foresti. As a "capstone" activity, students also will be able to apply the unit's learnings in a community activity.

Learning Skills:
- critical reasoning
- ecology
- forestry

Lessons:

Objective: Students will be able to define the concept and value of renewable resources and be able to distinguish between renewable and non-renewable resources.

Learning Skills:
- natural science
- consumer awareness
- classification

Lessons:

Parts I & II:

Objective: Students study how a pencil is made and learn about the manufacturing process in general.

Learning Skills:
- manufacturing
- sequencing
- geography

Lessons:

PART I: Before distributing the activity sheets (attached below), ask each student to think of the ways in which graphitei can be inserted in the pencil body or casing. After the students have completed Part I, pass out the activity sheet and explain. This sheet can be suplemented with more detailed information on the process from our Pencil Making page.

Objective: Students will learn the history of the pencil.

Learning Skill:
- researching
- role playing
- time line

Lessons:

Part I: Begin by discussing the highlights of the Pencil History background information. Next, pass out the activity sheets (attachement below) and direct the class to Part I.

Option IIA: Assign each student one of the countries, and ask him or her to list some of the everyday items, significant inventions or other discoveries credited to them.

Answers:

Part I: (1)B; (2)D; (3)C: (4)A

Objective:
Students will be able to describe the many uses of the pencil.

Featured Learning Skills :
- association
- graphing
- biography

Lessons:
Prior to distributing the activity sheets (see .pdf attachment below), ask the students to think of all the different ways people use pencils (e.g. waitress, an architect). Continue the brainstorming until the class has come up with a list of 10 pencil users. Once this list is complete, pass out the activity sheets.