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Dendrology
Students work as a class-size unit as well as in small groups to become proficient in observing tree characteristics to facilitate species identification. They identify most common tree species by observing leaf, flower, fruit and bark...
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Harvesting Trees
Students examine and discuss benefits and process of harvesting trees, analyze, compare, and contrast computer-generated depictions of three different types of tree harvesting methods, read Harvesting Trees flier, and answer discussion...
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Fall is All Around Us
Students develop and create a production company and produce a fall event that demonstrates what they have learned in various subject areas. STudents create stories, complete a venn diagram comparing fall and summer, graph and measure...
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Christmas-Tree-Shaped Poem Cards
Students create holiday cards with poems in the shape of a Christmas tree. The poems tell how students spread joy this holiday season.
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A Tough Nut to Crack
Students study the origins and background of the pecan. For this agriculture lesson students divide into groups, complete an activity and worksheets.
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Tree Encounters of the Close Kind
Young scholars write an imaginative paragraph from the perspective of a tree. In this environmental awareness lesson, students observe a tree and brainstorm a list of adjectives to describe their tree. Using this list, young scholars...
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I Can Rhyme
For this language arts worksheet, 1st graders think of words that rhyme with each underlined word. Then they write as many as they can on the lines provide for each of the four words.
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Alphabet 6
In this literacy learning exercise, learners cut out all the cards and match the letter to the correct picture. Then they paste them next to each other on a separate piece of paper. There are eight letters and eight pictures to match.
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Icky Sticky and Itty Bitty
Students identify the letter i and the sound that it makes in various words and illustrations with the sound /i/. They practice writing the letter I both upper and lower case on paper. Finally, students circle the pictures with the...
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Optional Laboratory: Calculating Board Footage in a Tree
Students work together to complete an experiment calculating the amount of board footage in a tree. They record their data and answer questions at the end of the activity. They create their own hypothesis as well.
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Trees for Tomorrow
Young scholars examine how to plan for prudent use of trees so that we never run out of this natural resource. They determine what the oldest wooden object in their home is and draw picture of it. They observe a cross section of a tree...
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Forestry, What's in It for You And Me?
Students examine the usefulness of every part of trees in a variety of activities in this unit.
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Trees!
Young scholars are introduced to the parts of trees through discussion and participation in learning centers with hands on activities that focus on each part.
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Fall Reflections
Students create a multi-media landscape of a tree in fall color. They use the Y-method of drawing a tree.
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Trees and Their Parts
Students visit five learning stations to explore various aspects of trees. They look for tree names, match visual pictures to the written words of tree shapes, and observe the benefits of fencing and preserving new cut from wildlife.
Other
Interactive Data Structure Visualizations: Binary Tree Traversals
A great visualization / animation tool that illustrates the different traversal algorithms used with binary trees.
University of Auckland School of Computer Science
Morris: Trees
A description of the binary tree data structure.
Other
The National Arbor Day Foundation: What Tree Is That?
Imagine a world without trees. Students can click on a barren field to see the transformation of the bare dirt by plants and trees. The authors include an online reference guide that lists the benefits of trees and an excellent...
Other
National Arbor Day: Educational Resources
This collection of resources provides Arbor Day classroom activities for students in areas ranging from science to the arts. Students can learn plant identification, write poems or plays and quiz each other on tree facts.
PBS
Pbs: El Nino
You can link to the anatomy of El Nino, chasing El Nino, and El Nino's reach. There is a resource page and a search page.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Blue Willow
In this non-prose piece, the poet reminisces about the willow and rushes near her childhood home.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Tree
The mathematical description of a tree, with examples as a graph and as a data structure.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Are You Sure?
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the concept of decision (or probability) trees. The lesson is framed in the context of drawing aces from a deck of cards, and in predicting bomb threats...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Wisconsin's Champion Trees
Environmental Education for Kids offers step-by-step procedures to measure trees. Designed for Wisconsin's Champion Trees, these guidelines can be adopted for use in any state or area.