Sample Agendas for Combined Secondary Module Workshop
Southeastern Forests and Climate Change(SFCC) and Focus on Forests (FOF)
Six Hour Workshop – Agenda 1
15 minWelcome, Introductions, Agenda Overview, Expectations
15 minOrientation to Forest Issues in the Region
45 minIntroduction to PLT and Overviews of FOF and SFCC Modules
Hike through the Guides
30 minSFCC Activity 1: Stepping through Climate Science and Video
15 minQuestions
15 minBreak
45 minFOF Activity 5: Who Owns America’s Forests with Activity 4: Tough Choices
30 minLunch
45 minSFCC Activity 7: Carbon on the Move
FOF Activity 8: Climate Change and Forests (add discussion questions from SFCC Activity 8: Counting Carbon)
45 min Intro to SFCC Activity 10: Adventures in Life Cycle Assessment
SFCC Activity 12: The Carbon Puzzle
15 minBreak
30 minSmall group discussion of how activities can be used
15 minWrap up and Evaluation
Six Hour Workshop – Agenda 2
15 minWelcome, Introductions, Agenda Overview, Expectations
15 minIcebreaker: Tree Parts and Climate Perspectives
30 minSFCC Activity 1: Stepping through Climate Science
45 minOverview of Climate Science
15 minBreak
30 minFOF Activity 4: Tough Choices
30 minIntroduction to PLT and Overviews of FOF and SFCC Modules
Hike through the Guides
30 minLunch
30 minIntroduction to Systems Thinking and Supplemental Systems Exercises on SFCC website
45 minSFCC Activity 5: Managing Forests for Change
15 minBreak
45 minSFCC Activity 7: Carbon on the Move
FOF Activity 8: Climate Change and Forests/SFCC Activity 8: Counting Carbon
15 minWrap up and Evaluation
SFCC and FOF Activity Matrix
Activities that could convey workshop themes / SFCC / FOFSTEM / Stepping Through Climate Science
Managing Forests for Change
Counting Carbon
Adventures in Life Cycle Assessment / Monitoring Forest Health
Story of Succession
Tough Choices
Forest to Faucet
Forest Invaders
Climate Change and Forests
(Note: for more details, see Page 12 of PLT’s STEM Correlations document)
Social Science / Clearing the Air, Part B
The Real Cost
Adventure of Life Cycle Assessment,
LCA Debate
Carbon Puzzle / Who Owns America’s Forests
Tough Choices
The Nature of Fire
Forest to Faucet
Words to Live By
Biology / Atlas of Change
Mapping Seed Sources
Managing Forests for Change
Carbon on the Move
Counting Carbon / Monitoring Forest Health
Story of Succession
The Nature of Fire
Forest Invaders
Middle School / Stepping through Climate Science
Carbon on the Move
Counting Carbon
The Real Cost / Monitoring Forest Health
Story of Succession
The Nature of Fire
Climate Change and Forests
Sample agendas for the SFCC module are available on the SFCC website at
Sample agendas for the FOF module are available through your state PLT coordinator