Florida Forest Facts
Did You Know...
- Florida has over 16 million acres of
forests, representing nearly half of
the State’s land area.
- Annual output or sales impacts in the
Florida forest products industry
exceed $16.6 Billion, creating 133,475
jobs and generating more than $581
Million in local, state and federal
taxes (excluding income taxes).
- Florida has 33 State Forests and 3
National Forests.
- Florida’s forests shelter more than 100
species of animals including
Threatened and Endangered species
such as the Florida Panther, Black
Bear and Red Cockaded Woodpecker.
- Over 5,000 products we use everyday
are made from trees.
- Each American uses the equivalent of
one 100-foot tree every year.
Class Activity:
- Diagram a tree with the class and explain how tree products can come from wood, bark, sap, leaves, roots and cellulose.
- Give each student an old magazine with plenty of advertising pictures.
- Have each student cut out five items made with tree products.
- Ask students to identify tree products they cut out and what part of the tree they think each came from.
- Let students paste pictures on large poster paper, 1 poster for each part of the tree that products come from (wood, bark, sap, leaves, roots and cellulose).
The material and activity on this page gives practice to the following skills found in the Sunshine State Standards– Benchmarks, Grades 3-5.
SC.D.2.2.1; VA.B.1.2.2
LA.B.2.2.1; LA.C.1.2.4;
LA.C.1.2.5; LA.C.2.2.2;
LA.C.3.2.3; LA.C.3.2.4
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