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UNIT 3: Land and Water Use

This unit includes Chapter 15, 16, 9, 10, 12, and 13 from the textbook.  

Scroll down for PPTs, review videos, animations, and diagrams.

Note:  Special thanks and acknowledgement to the staff at Pearson for providing the information and diagrams for the PPTs.  Also, thanks to Ted Ed for the videos.

Ch.12: Resource Management, Forestry, Land Use, and Protected Areas

In Class PowerPoints:

Please download the PPTs and study them, as a means of taking notes.  We will be moving through them in numeric order and each PPT is roughly timed for one day of class.  Click on the buttons to the right to access the PPTs.

United States
National Park Service
Visit the US NPS website below for resources, news, history, and location of national parks:

The Networked Beauty of Forests:

The Value of Forests:

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The Importance of Forests:

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Intro to Forestry Economics:

Climate 101: Deforestation:

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Why Wildfires Are Necessary:

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Experience the Magic of Redwood National Park:

Old-Growth Forests vs. Second-Growth Plantations:

The Hidden Beauty of Pollination:

How Bees Help Plants Have Sex:

Sustainable Forest Management:

Here's How the National Park Service Got Started:

The Most Beautiful National Parks of the USA:

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