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Course Description:

In taking a forestry course, you probably already have some interest in this field or would like to know more about forestry.
Knowing about forests can have economic, environmental, and social or recreational benefits.
Forests and Society is a course that provides students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes pertaining to the social, economic, and environmental significance of forests.  You will learn what impact society and individuals have on forests.
Specifically, you will:
  • compare the social, economic, and environmental significance of forests,
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  • learn how personal needs, wants, beliefs, and actions may influence forest resources,
  • gain knowledge about public land use,
  • learn about historical use of the forests by First Nations peoples, European, and Asian settlers
By completing this course, you will earn one credit toward your high school diploma.

  

  • Forests and Society is a course that provides students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes pertaining to the social, economic, and environmental significance of forests
  • There is no prerequisite for this course.
  • Forests and Society is a 1 credit course; it will take a minimum of 25 hours to complete.
  • This course consists of seven units that should be completed in sequence.
  • The course assessments include auto-graded quizzes and/or assignments that need to be completed with 50% or higher.
  • All units have one auto-graded quiz, which is based on the lesson contents in the unit.
  • All instructional content is provided through ADLC's secure website.
  • Students may arrange to video conference with the ADLC teacher either via Skype, Adobe Connect or Google Hangouts, when assistance is required.
  • Students may phone, email, or text when requiring assistance.

Course Assessments:
  • Students have two attempts, on each quiz, to achieve 50% or higher.
  • Students who do not achieve 50% or higher, after two attempts, must contact the lead teacher.
  • Students must achieve 50% or higher, on each quiz, in order to "unlock" the quiz in the next unit.
  • Students will complete one assignment at the end of the course.
  • The quizzes are worth 60% of the total course mark.
  • The assignment is worth 40% of the total course mark.
  • At the end of each unit, there is an auto-graded, multiple choice quiz.
  • All units contain additional content in the form of interactives, videos, publications, etc.  Reading the additional information is mandatory and may appear in the quizzes and assessments.
  • There are numerous icons used in the course and students should be aware of their meaning:

Read information.

   Complete an assessment.
   Play a game.
   "Digging Deeper" section, designed to encourage students to build their knowledge of the lesson content.
    Practice - demonstrate the concept yourself.
    Take a quiz.
    Self-check - a review of the lesson concepts.

   Watch a video.
   Go to the website for more information.

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