From the Forest: the Products We Get from Trees

Home , Cellulose

TREE TREATS 1 cup vanilla ice cream FORESTS 1/4 cup orange juice From the Forest 1 teaspoon cinnamon “Wood” You Believe It? FORESTS 1/4 cup almonds or pecans ACTIVITIES 1 banana WORDS TO KNOW & Extras Mix the ice cream, From the Forest orange juice, id you know more than 5,000 products cellulose - wood fiber we use every day are made from cinnamon and lignin - a glue-like chemical Yikes! There’s a forest in my house! banana in a The products we get from trees trees? Some wood products are D that holds a tree’s wood blender (make This house contains all the items from the following list. Can you find them? easy to recognize — furniture, pencils, fibers together sure an adult is there to help). baseball bats, guitars, houses and paper. synthetic - not found • shutters • stools • high chair Others may surprise you. • fireplace mantel • seesaw • swingset Top with in nature nuts for • bed • pool table • boots a tasty • curtain rod • desk lamp • picture frame tree treat. • crib • fruit in bowl • rake handle TREES ARE TASTY • books • boxes • umbrella Ice cream and salad dressings • skateboard • picket fence • linoleum kitchen tile use a part of the tree called • birdhouse cellulose to make them thick, • hardwood floors smooth and creamy. • rocking chairs WEAR A TREE • guitar Fabrics such as • pool cue rayon are made • sofa from tree fibers. • hat rack • sled • trunk

TWICE A DAY Apples are not the only things we get from a tree that are good for your teeth. Toothbrushes PICTURE THIS! and toothpaste Photographic slides both come and film also come from wood from trees. PERFORM BETTER products. Dancers put rosin from trees on the bottom of their shoes so they don’t slip. Baseball players also use rosin to keep their hands dry.

THERE GOES A TREE! Tires, steering wheels and molded armrests in cars and trucks are all made from trees or wood fiber products. EDUCATIONAL IN NATURE Volume 1, Forests EDUCATIONAL IN NATURE Learning supplements for environmental education. Number 3, From the Forest; EIN-4 1/08 ©2008 Georgia-Pacific LLC. All rights reserved. www.gp.com/EducationalinNature NATURE’S STRENGTH PLYWOOD From the Forest Did you ever wonder Building Products what makes wood so PARTICLEBOARD strong? It’s the combination rees supply thousands People have used wood to build shelter since ancient times. of wood fiber and the GOING WITH THE GRAIN of products for our They first used whole logs or large timbers. As technology lignin, or glue, that binds Many building products are made daily lives. We eat developed, people were able to make the wood fibers together. to take advantage of the strength of the fruits and nuts and use thinner or lighter types Wood fibers grow verti- wood grain. Plywood is made by stacking layers T of wood and wood fiber cally and it is in this direc- of veneer — thin sheets of wood — with the wood from trees, use decora- tive woods for jewelry products for building. tion that wood is strongest. grain at right angles to each other. This makes a plywood and art projects, and People use the strength of panel strong both up and down and from side to side. wood products to build Other engineered building products such as particleboard make practical items like schools, houses, office are made of wood chips or shavings mixed with a special books and fences from wood. buildings, stores and glue. By eliminating the wood grain, we can make products Wood is used as a fuel for cook- RED MAPLE even tree houses. that have excellent strength in all directions. ing and heating in stoves, fireplaces and NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION barbecue grills. Houses, paper and boxes are made from trees, and the fibers and chemi- CHEMICALS FROM TREES COPYING NATURE USING CELLULOSE IN MANY PRODUCTS cals from wood are used to make products How can we create so many different chemical Scientists find useful Cellulose fibers are converted and used such as rayon fabric and rubber balls. Chemicals products from trees? When chemicals are removed compounds that trees make in many products. Cellulose gum is How can so many different products from the tree and mixed with other chemicals, a naturally and then learn to make what makes toothpaste “paste” and come from trees? It’s because of the tree’s Trees are a natural supply of valuable chemicals. Chemicals chemical reaction occurs. The energy from this them in a factory from synthetic helps it stay on the toothbrush. In structure. Trees are made up of cellulose such as turpentine and rosin come from the sticky sap reaction can create a completely different chemical. materials. Aspirin originally parmesan cheese, cellulose powder of trees. Lignin is another chemical we get from trees. fibers that are held together with a glue-like This is how chemicals from trees can be used to make came from a substance in keeps the grated cheese from getting Cellulose, the wood fiber used for making pulp and products as different as artificial vanilla flavoring and willow bark. Rubber also lumpy. Shampoo would be just watery substance called lignin. This makes the tree paper, is also used in many products. frames for your eyeglasses. has been “copied” in a factory. soap without cellulose to make it thick. strong enough to use for building houses and furniture. When wood is cooked, the cellulose is separated from the lignin to make wood pulp. This pulp is made into PAPER HISTORY WHAT KIND OF TREE IS IN MY PAPER? paper. The lignin can be In ancient times, people wrote on animal skins, bones Different kinds of paper are made from the fiber of different kinds of trees. used to make different Paper and clay tablets. Around 3500 BC, the Egyptians wrote on a woven mat of reeds called papyrus, Products like bath tissue, chemicals that go into which is where the word paper comes from. napkins and towels that products like cosmet- Trees are used to Around 2,000 years ago, the Chinese need to be soft, smooth or ics, medicines and make pulp and paper discovered that they could make a absorbent are made primarily from some foods. products — notebook thin paste of mulberry bark, hemp hardwood trees such as oaks and maples. Since so many paper to write on, diapers and rags and let it dry into a sheet These fibers are cooked for a long time. in the sun. Many types of paper Bags and boxes have to products are made for your baby brother or sister, packaging to are now made from wood. be strong and last a long time. from wood and These items are made from HARDWOOD FIBERS protect frozen foods, ARE SHORT AND STIFF wood fiber, softwood trees like firs and pines. napkins to wipe MAKING PAPER the average mustard from your mouth, The fibers are cooked for just a short time to keep their strength. Logs are chipped into small pieces of wood. These chips are cooked Writing paper, checks and envelopes are made of a combination of American uses books and magazines to read, with chemicals that dissolve the glue-like lignin holding the wood fibers hardwood and softwood trees. Softwood fibers make the paper strong so it LOBLOLLY the equivalent PINE paper cups to drink from, and even together. This leaves a pulp made of cellulose fibers and lots of water. The doesn’t tear too easily. Hardwood fibers make it smooth so you can write on it. of a 100-foot envelopes to carry messages across pulp is put on a screen to let the water drain away. The fibers remain to tree every year! the country and around the world. form a sheet of paper that is dried and put on a roll. SOFTWOOD FIBERS ARE LONG AND FLEXIBLE NATURE’S STRENGTH PLYWOOD From the Forest Did you ever wonder Building Products what makes wood so PARTICLEBOARD strong? It’s the combination rees supply thousands People have used wood to build shelter since ancient times. of wood fiber and the GOING WITH THE GRAIN of products for our They first used whole logs or large timbers. As technology lignin, or glue, that binds Many building products are made daily lives. We eat developed, people were able to make the wood fibers together. to take advantage of the strength of the fruits and nuts and use thinner or lighter types Wood fibers grow verti- wood grain. Plywood is made by stacking layers T of wood and wood fiber cally and it is in this direc- of veneer — thin sheets of wood — with the wood from trees, use decora- tive woods for jewelry products for building. tion that wood is strongest. grain at right angles to each other. This makes a plywood and art projects, and People use the strength of panel strong both up and down and from side to side. wood products to build Other engineered building products such as particleboard make practical items like schools, houses, office are made of wood chips or shavings mixed with a special books and fences from wood. buildings, stores and glue. By eliminating the wood grain, we can make products Wood is used as a fuel for cook- RED MAPLE even tree houses. that have excellent strength in all directions. ing and heating in stoves, fireplaces and NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION barbecue grills. Houses, paper and boxes are made from trees, and the fibers and chemi- CHEMICALS FROM TREES COPYING NATURE USING CELLULOSE IN MANY PRODUCTS cals from wood are used to make products How can we create so many different chemical Scientists find useful Cellulose fibers are converted and used such as rayon fabric and rubber balls. Chemicals products from trees? When chemicals are removed compounds that trees make in many products. Cellulose gum is How can so many different products from the tree and mixed with other chemicals, a naturally and then learn to make what makes toothpaste “paste” and come from trees? It’s because of the tree’s Trees are a natural supply of valuable chemicals. Chemicals chemical reaction occurs. The energy from this them in a factory from synthetic helps it stay on the toothbrush. In structure. Trees are made up of cellulose such as turpentine and rosin come from the sticky sap reaction can create a completely different chemical. materials. Aspirin originally parmesan cheese, cellulose powder of trees. Lignin is another chemical we get from trees. fibers that are held together with a glue-like This is how chemicals from trees can be used to make came from a substance in keeps the grated cheese from getting Cellulose, the wood fiber used for making pulp and products as different as artificial vanilla flavoring and willow bark. Rubber also lumpy. Shampoo would be just watery substance called lignin. This makes the tree paper, is also used in many products. frames for your eyeglasses. has been “copied” in a factory. soap without cellulose to make it thick. strong enough to use for building houses and furniture. When wood is cooked, the cellulose is separated from the lignin to make wood pulp. This pulp is made into PAPER HISTORY WHAT KIND OF TREE IS IN MY PAPER? paper. The lignin can be In ancient times, people wrote on animal skins, bones Different kinds of paper are made from the fiber of different kinds of trees. used to make different Paper and clay tablets. Around 3500 BC, the Egyptians wrote on a woven mat of reeds called papyrus, Products like bath tissue, chemicals that go into which is where the word paper comes from. napkins and towels that products like cosmet- Trees are used to Around 2,000 years ago, the Chinese need to be soft, smooth or ics, medicines and make pulp and paper discovered that they could make a absorbent are made primarily from some foods. products — notebook thin paste of mulberry bark, hemp hardwood trees such as oaks and maples. Since so many paper to write on, diapers and rags and let it dry into a sheet These fibers are cooked for a long time. in the sun. Many types of paper Bags and boxes have to products are made for your baby brother or sister, packaging to are now made from wood. be strong and last a long time. from wood and These items are made from HARDWOOD FIBERS protect frozen foods, ARE SHORT AND STIFF wood fiber, softwood trees like firs and pines. napkins to wipe MAKING PAPER the average mustard from your mouth, The fibers are cooked for just a short time to keep their strength. Logs are chipped into small pieces of wood. These chips are cooked Writing paper, checks and envelopes are made of a combination of American uses books and magazines to read, with chemicals that dissolve the glue-like lignin holding the wood fibers hardwood and softwood trees. Softwood fibers make the paper strong so it LOBLOLLY the equivalent PINE paper cups to drink from, and even together. This leaves a pulp made of cellulose fibers and lots of water. The doesn’t tear too easily. Hardwood fibers make it smooth so you can write on it. of a 100-foot envelopes to carry messages across pulp is put on a screen to let the water drain away. The fibers remain to tree every year! the country and around the world. form a sheet of paper that is dried and put on a roll. SOFTWOOD FIBERS ARE LONG AND FLEXIBLE NATURE’S STRENGTH PLYWOOD From the Forest Did you ever wonder Building Products what makes wood so PARTICLEBOARD strong? It’s the combination rees supply thousands People have used wood to build shelter since ancient times. of wood fiber and the GOING WITH THE GRAIN of products for our They first used whole logs or large timbers. As technology lignin, or glue, that binds Many building products are made daily lives. We eat developed, people were able to make the wood fibers together. to take advantage of the strength of the fruits and nuts and use thinner or lighter types Wood fibers grow verti- wood grain. Plywood is made by stacking layers T of wood and wood fiber cally and it is in this direc- of veneer — thin sheets of wood — with the wood from trees, use decora- tive woods for jewelry products for building. tion that wood is strongest. grain at right angles to each other. This makes a plywood and art projects, and People use the strength of panel strong both up and down and from side to side. wood products to build Other engineered building products such as particleboard make practical items like schools, houses, office are made of wood chips or shavings mixed with a special books and fences from wood. buildings, stores and glue. By eliminating the wood grain, we can make products Wood is used as a fuel for cook- RED MAPLE even tree houses. that have excellent strength in all directions. ing and heating in stoves, fireplaces and NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION barbecue grills. Houses, paper and boxes are made from trees, and the fibers and chemi- CHEMICALS FROM TREES COPYING NATURE USING CELLULOSE IN MANY PRODUCTS cals from wood are used to make products How can we create so many different chemical Scientists find useful Cellulose fibers are converted and used such as rayon fabric and rubber balls. Chemicals products from trees? When chemicals are removed compounds that trees make in many products. Cellulose gum is How can so many different products from the tree and mixed with other chemicals, a naturally and then learn to make what makes toothpaste “paste” and come from trees? It’s because of the tree’s Trees are a natural supply of valuable chemicals. Chemicals chemical reaction occurs. The energy from this them in a factory from synthetic helps it stay on the toothbrush. In structure. Trees are made up of cellulose such as turpentine and rosin come from the sticky sap reaction can create a completely different chemical. materials. Aspirin originally parmesan cheese, cellulose powder of trees. Lignin is another chemical we get from trees. fibers that are held together with a glue-like This is how chemicals from trees can be used to make came from a substance in keeps the grated cheese from getting Cellulose, the wood fiber used for making pulp and products as different as artificial vanilla flavoring and willow bark. Rubber also lumpy. Shampoo would be just watery substance called lignin. This makes the tree paper, is also used in many products. frames for your eyeglasses. has been “copied” in a factory. soap without cellulose to make it thick. strong enough to use for building houses and furniture. When wood is cooked, the cellulose is separated from the lignin to make wood pulp. This pulp is made into PAPER HISTORY WHAT KIND OF TREE IS IN MY PAPER? paper. The lignin can be In ancient times, people wrote on animal skins, bones Different kinds of paper are made from the fiber of different kinds of trees. used to make different Paper and clay tablets. Around 3500 BC, the Egyptians wrote on a woven mat of reeds called papyrus, Products like bath tissue, chemicals that go into which is where the word paper comes from. napkins and towels that products like cosmet- Trees are used to Around 2,000 years ago, the Chinese need to be soft, smooth or ics, medicines and make pulp and paper discovered that they could make a absorbent are made primarily from some foods. products — notebook thin paste of mulberry bark, hemp hardwood trees such as oaks and maples. Since so many paper to write on, diapers and rags and let it dry into a sheet These fibers are cooked for a long time. in the sun. Many types of paper Bags and boxes have to products are made for your baby brother or sister, packaging to are now made from wood. be strong and last a long time. from wood and These items are made from HARDWOOD FIBERS protect frozen foods, ARE SHORT AND STIFF wood fiber, softwood trees like firs and pines. napkins to wipe MAKING PAPER the average mustard from your mouth, The fibers are cooked for just a short time to keep their strength. Logs are chipped into small pieces of wood. These chips are cooked Writing paper, checks and envelopes are made of a combination of American uses books and magazines to read, with chemicals that dissolve the glue-like lignin holding the wood fibers hardwood and softwood trees. Softwood fibers make the paper strong so it LOBLOLLY the equivalent PINE paper cups to drink from, and even together. This leaves a pulp made of cellulose fibers and lots of water. The doesn’t tear too easily. Hardwood fibers make it smooth so you can write on it. of a 100-foot envelopes to carry messages across pulp is put on a screen to let the water drain away. The fibers remain to tree every year! the country and around the world. form a sheet of paper that is dried and put on a roll. SOFTWOOD FIBERS ARE LONG AND FLEXIBLE