Curriculum and Classroom Materials

Feel free to download the following materials.

Don't miss blast facts in "The Blast" section of this Web site.

For Those Who Are Planning a Visit to the FLC

Field Trip Planner

Useful Information for Planning Your Field Trip

Past, Present

The Mount St. Helens Story
Learn about about the May 18, 1980 eruption and the effects of a natural disaster on plants, animals and the surrounding landscape.

Elk Watch Safari

Grade Level: 3-12
Tools designed to aid in observing elk at the Forest Learning Center

General Curriculum Files

Who Needs Trees?

Grade Level: 4-8
Experience how different life would be without forest products.

Reforesting the Blast Zone

Grade Level: 6-12
Face the challenge of replanting a forest in a new, harsh, ash-covered landscape.

Who Owns the Blast Zone?

Grade Level: 8-12
Craft a persuasive argument to convince a private landowner to sell property to you.

Now What Do We Do?

Grade Level: 9-12
Interest groups negotiate to develop a land management plan that works.

A Forest Story - A day in the life of an elk calf

Grade Level: K-4
Readers Theater - Environmental interaction and wildlife habitat.