Wood Magic Links

Wood Links:

Links for educators and other fun activities with wood:

Oregon State University Wood Magic Home Page

Mississippi State University's Wood Magic Science Fair

American Forest & Paper Association
Kids Take Action. This site contains many facts about forests, trees and recycling as well as free, interactive, educational flyers for classroom use by K - 6 teachers.

Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Educational in Nature. Developed for grades 4-5, Educational in Nature is a series of environmental education curriculum supplements designed to foster understanding and environmental awareness in the classroom.

Project Learning Tree
PLT is an award-winning, interdisciplinary environmental education program for educators working with students in PreK through grade 12. PLT helps students gain awareness and knowledge of the natural and built environment, their place within it, as well as their responsibility for it.

The Pencil Pages
A terrific site for kids, parents and teachers of all ages. A veritable compendium of pencil knowledge. Learn how a pencil is made, what kind of wood makes the best pencils, why pencils are yellow, and a lot more. Highly graphical site.

Fun and Learning
Fun Facts, Games, Puzzles, Educator Resources and more! A subsection of the Wisconsin Paper Council.

International Paper
- Treedonia
International Paper's virtual southern forest.

Temperate Forest Foundation
Your source for information which is understandable, unbiased, fast, accurate, and available in a wide variety of formats. This site includes Teachers' Resources and Educational Kits.

VA Department of Forestry Kid's Links
Links to forestry related sites for kids and educators.

More information on wood science and forest products:

Society of Wood Science and Technology
- Teaching Unit 1
- Teaching Unit 2

Directory of Forest Products, Wood Science and Marketing

Va Tech's Wood Science Department