FORESTRY TEACHING KITS
CANADA’S FORESTS TEACHING KIT SERIES
The CIF-IFC is very pleased to announce the release of the revamped Canada’s Forests Teaching Kits! This series of eight kits are available in English and French and provides teachers and educators with tools and resources to help young minds understand the value of forests and the importance of their sustainable use.
Canada’s Forests Teaching Kits – A series of 8 volumes
Each kit features curriculum connected lessons ranging from grades 1 to 12 and are designed to help educators and teachers achieve specific learning outcomes, while exploring Canada’s forests and related critical environmental issues with their students.
All volumes of the Canada’s Forests Teaching Kits can be downloaded for free from the CIF-IFC online shop. The kits cover a wide variety of forest-related topics from forest heritage and climate change, to species at risk and water/wetlands.
- Volume 1: Canada’s Forests – Learning from the Past, Building for the Future
- Volume 2: Conserving Biodiversity – Biodiversity in a Changing World
- Volume 3: Biodiversity Basics – All Things Big and Small
- Volume 4: Sustainable Forests – Source of Life
- Volume 5: Species at Risk – A Fine Balance
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
- Volume 7: The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy
- Volume 8: Canada’s Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition









Kits by grade
Grade 1
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
Grade 2
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
- Volume 7: The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy
Grade 3
- Volume 1: Canada’s Forests – Learning from the Past, Building for the Future
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
- Volume 7: The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy
Grade 4
- Volume 1: Canada’s Forests – Learning from the Past, Building for the Future
- Volume 3: Biodiversity Basics – All Things Big and Small
- Volume 4: Sustainable Forests – Source of Life
- Volume 5: Species at Risk – A Fine Balance
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
- Volume 7: The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy
- Volume 8: Canada’s Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition
Grade 5
- Volume 1: Canada’s Forests – Learning from the Past, Building for the Future
- Volume 3: Biodiversity Basics – All Things Big and Small
- Volume 4: Sustainable Forests – Source of Life
- Volume 5: Species at Risk – A Fine Balance
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
- Volume 7: The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy
- Volume 8: Canada’s Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition
Grade 6
- Volume 1: Canada’s Forests – Learning from the Past, Building for the Future
- Volume 3: Biodiversity Basics – All Things Big and Small
- Volume 4: Sustainable Forests – Source of Life
- Volume 5: Species at Risk – A Fine Balance
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
- Volume 7: The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy
- Volume 8: Canada’s Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition
Grade 7
- Volume 1: Canada’s Forests – Learning from the Past, Building for the Future
- Volume 2: Conserving Biodiversity – Biodiversity in a Changing World
- Volume 3: Biodiversity Basics – All Things Big and Small
- Volume 4: Sustainable Forests – Source of Life
- Volume 5: Species at Risk – A Fine Balance
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
- Volume 7: The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy
- Volume 8: Canada’s Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition
Grade 8
- Volume 1: Canada’s Forests – Learning from the Past, Building for the Future
- Volume 2: Conserving Biodiversity – Biodiversity in a Changing World
- Volume 4: Sustainable Forests – Source of Life
- Volume 5: Species at Risk – A Fine Balance
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
- Volume 7: The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy
- Volume 8: Canada’s Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition
Grade 9
- Volume 1: Canada’s Forests – Learning from the Past, Building for the Future
- Volume 2: Conserving Biodiversity – Biodiversity in a Changing World
- Volume 5: Species at Risk – A Fine Balance
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
- Volume 7: The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy
- Volume 8: Canada’s Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition
Grade 10
- Volume 1: Canada’s Forests – Learning from the Past, Building for the Future
- Volume 2: Conserving Biodiversity – Biodiversity in a Changing World
- Volume 5: Species at Risk – A Fine Balance
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
- Volume 7: The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy
- Volume 8: Canada’s Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition
Grade 11
- Volume 1: Canada’s Forests – Learning from the Past, Building for the Future
- Volume 2: Conserving Biodiversity – Biodiversity in a Changing World
- Volume 5: Species at Risk – A Fine Balance
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
- Volume 7: The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy
- Volume 8: Canada’s Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition
Grade 12
- Volume 2: Conserving Biodiversity – Biodiversity in a Changing World
- Volume 5: Species at Risk – A Fine Balance
- Volume 6: Forests and Water – Canada’s Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters
- Volume 7: The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy
- Volume 8: Canada’s Boreal Forest – Tradition and Transition
A legacy of the Canadian Forestry Association
Originally part of a series of nine kits published by the Canadian Forestry Association from 2000–2008, the CIF-IFC has since assumed these legacy educational resources and is excited to release the newly revamped kits in 2023.
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