Going bush – tracing the power poles back to north east Tasmania’s forests

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States:

Qld, NSW, SA, NT, ACT, Tas, WA

Aimed at:

Grade 6

- 10

Curriculum 9.0:

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Keywords:

timber, power poles, native, forest, harvest, wood

Going bush – tracing the power poles back to north east Tasmania’s forests

In this lesson students learn about the origins and production of timber power poles, how and why trees are selected for power poles and why they are harvested from native forests.