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forests are amazing places

Our mission is all about education. Whether you are a teacher in training or an experienced educator, we have the tools you need to help your class learn that forests are truly amazing places.

Tours & Field Trips

• Discovery Museum
• Magness Memorial Tree Farm

FREE EDUCATOR PREVIEW PASS
We want you to come and check out our new museum at no charge!
Click here to download a PDF form for the Educators Preview Pass.

Benchmarks and Standards

Each of our educational programs and tours has been designed to correlate with age-appropriate state and national guidelines. Most programs can also be modified to fit the special character and needs of your group. Select the program most attractive to you and contact the Education Director for additional information 503-488-2103.

RESOURCES
Portland Metro Area Natural Resources Education Directory (PDF)

Teacher Workshops

Project Learning Tree workshops offered by Oregon State University can assist you and
your team to locate or design new, creative, and challenging student activities suitable to achieve and advance most education goals across the curriculum. Project Learning Tree uses "the forest as a window" to improve student understanding of environmental concepts and processes. Suitable for use with Pre-K - 8 students, the Project Learning Tree Activity Guide contains 96 user-friendly lessons based on five themes:

• Diversity
• Interrelationships
• Systems
• Structure and Scale
• Patterns of Change

Incorporating constructivism, whole language, cooperative learning, and problem solving skills, each activity also includes opportunities for student assessment.