Course: International Year of Forests 2011 (Grades 5-6)

World Forests
1. Use this link to find out which parts of the world have the most forest area and which are cutting down the most forests.
2. The 3 main types of forest are Tropical, Temperate and Boreal (Taiga) forests. Using this link about biomes and this link to describe differences and similarities between each type of forest.
3. Name some countries where I would find each of these types of forest.

Once you have completed these 3 activities, save your findings as an information report (200 words) username-forests.doc . You may add images to your report. The maximum file size is 1Mb. If your pictures are too big they may make your information report too large to submit.