Teacher & Parent Resources
Whether you are a teacher or a parent, the Tillamook Forest Center Education Program offers a variety of resources to help you connect with the exhibits in the Center and the forest ecosystem beyond its doors. Listed below are resources for guided or self-guided trips and materials that are available for loan.
- Guided Teacher Program Packets
- Custom Tours
- Self-guided Teacher Planning Packet
- Self-guided Worksheets & Scavenger Hunt Forms
- Oregon Department of Education Standards
- Books
- Media
- Forest Education Kits
Guided Teacher Program Packets[top]
If you have registered for a field trip please download the appropriate program packet below. Each program packet contains planning information as well as the pre-site, on-site and post site activities. If you have difficulty downloading this packet please call, toll free, (866) 930-4646 and the education staff can mail you a hard copy.
What's a Forest? Education Program
- What’s a Forest? Field Trip Teacher Packet (1st–2nd Grade)
- What’s a Forest? Teacher/Chaperone-led Scavenger Hunt Student Booklet
- What’s a Forest? Teacher/Chaperone-led Scavenger Hunt Chaperone Booklet
- What’s a Forest? In-class Presentation Teacher Packet (1st–2nd Grade)
- Tillamook Forest Past & Present Field Trip Teacher Packet (3rd–4th Grade)
- Tillamook Forest Past and Present Teacher/Chaperone-led Scavenger Hunt Student Booklet
- Tillamook Forest Past and Present Teacher/Chaperone-led Scavenger Hunt Chaperone Booklet
- Tillamook Forest Past & Present In-class Presentation Teacher Packet (3rd–4th Grade)
- Freshwater & Forests Teacher Packet (5th-6th Grade)
- Freshwater & Forest Teacher/Chaperone-led Scavenger Hunt Student Booklet
- Freshwater & Forest Teacher/Chaperone-led Scavenger Hunt Chaperone Booklet
- Trees of the Tillamook Teacher Packet (5th–6th Grade)
- The Tillamook Forest: An Ever-changing Ecosystem Teacher Packet (7th–8th Grade)
Tillamook Forest Past and Present Education Program
Freshwater & Forest Education Program
Trees of the Tillamook Education Program
Ever-changing Ecosystem Education Program
Custom Tours[top]
You can maximize the experience for you and your students at the Center when you know what to expect in advance. Schedule a tour just for you and your staff and you’ll learn the logistics of field trip planning and find out how Center resources can support your curriculum.
Self-guided Teacher/Chaperone Planning Packet[top]
You can maximize the experience for you and your students at the Center when you know what to expect in advance. Schedule a tour just for you and your staff and you’ll learn the logistics of field trip planning and find out how Center resources can support your curriculum.
Self-guided Worksheets & Scavenger Hunt Forms[top]
The Tillamook Forest Center staff have worked together with teachers over the years to come up with engaging questions for a variety of self-guided worksheets. Use or combine these questions to create your own worksheets that will meet your specific needs. Select worksheets by topic, grade level or specific area in the exhibit hall by using this matrix.
- Animal Adaptations
- Coastal American Indians
- Early Tools & Technology
- The Life of a Lookout
- Forests of Today & Tomorrow
- Homesteading
- Nature Journal
- Producers, Consumers & Decomposers
- Rain in the Tillamook
- Animal Signs & Homes
- Forest Shapes, Sizes & Colors
- History Detectives Scavenger Hunt
- Tillamook Burn
- Tree Identification Cards
- Tree Identification Keys
- Hand Planted Forest
- Forest Trees & Plants
- Trees of the Tillamook
- What's a Watershed?
Oregon Department of Education Standards[top]
These documents tie State of Oregon content standards to Tillamook Forest Center education programs. Activities are correlated to the benchmark levels for the third, fifth and eighth grade levels in social science, science, math, English, the arts, and even physical education!
Books[top]
Fire on the Wind, by Linda Crew, is a story of the Tillamook Burn told through the eyes of a young girl, going through puberty, in 1933. This historical fiction novel brings to reality the hardships of victories of life in a logging camp. A 35 book set is available for check-out. Most appropriate for 6th to 8th grade students.
NatureScope, Trees Are Terrific! by National Wildlife Federation. Most appropriate for 2nd to 8th grade students. Through indoor and outdoor activities that show kids how to plant and protect trees, Trees Are Terrific teaches kids about the numerous tree species, leaves and trunk rings, why we need forests, and finally, how to celebrate trees!
Browse our comprehensive list of books about trees, plants, forests and nature. Books are listed by title, author, appropriate grade level and also carry recommendations from our staff.
Media[top]
VHS
The Sea of Green: The Sea of Green takes you on a journey back through time to witness the evolution of today’s Tillamook State Forest. One of the world’s largest reforestation projects has returned the area to a healthy and productive forest today, managed for economic, social and environmental benefits. Most appropriate for 3rd to 8th grade students.
DVD
Legacy of Fire: The Sea of Green takes you on a journey back through time to witness the evolution of today’s Tillamook State Forest. One of the world’s largest reforestation projects has returned the area to a healthy and productive forest today, managed for economic, social and environmental benefits. Most appropriate for 3rd to 8th grade students.