Educational Tools

 

Fuels for Schools Curriculum

 

The Fuels for Schools Curriculum provides a great resource to engage students in understanding the benefits of a biomass boiler installation at their school.  It combines lessons about biomass utilization for energy, wildfire safety, forest health, the wood products industry, and energy and economic issues in the community.  This curriculum was originally written for Darby Schools, but can be adapted for your school. 

 

Curriculum for middle school students is currently available, while lessons for elementary and high school grade levels are still being developed.  

 

Middle School Curriculum (PDF ~ 5.2 MB)

 

The Hidden Treasure: Forests and Woody Biomass Comic Book

 

The Hidden Treasure comic book, developed by the National Association of Conservation Districts, provides an engaging and educational story for children in late elementary to middle school to help them understand that forest renewal improves the health of forests and provides biomass for many productive uses and how wood biomass will play an important role in our nation's future, including energy security through the production of biofuels, biochemicals, and other sources of energy.