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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Stuudents distinguish between pines, spruces and firs they may see in their homes, by recognizing key characteristics such as shape, arrangement of needles and colouring. They recognize these same characteristics in trees growing outside. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students identify the type of forests found within the Yukon. They adopt a tree that be studied during the year, to see the changes, if any, from fall to spring. They connect the changes that have happened over time with the changes in climate. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students examine trees and discuss how the environment effected the tree. They also predict what the area look like in fifty years. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students read and write about the religious and philosophical ideas of medieval society. They create diagrams and timelines on the Middle Ages in England as well as a notebook about this time period. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students study cross sections of trees or tree "cookies" to discover how the rings on tree sections give clues to the climate during the time the ring was produced. They study simulated cross sections of trees to determine the climate changes du Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students study trees. They discover the importance of trees as recorders of history. They explore the effect trees have on the environment and vise versa. They write stories about the life of a tree based on it's rings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students work in pairs to determine the age of a tree using two different methods in this experiment. They collect data about how trees change over time. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 12th
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Students examine how scientists determine the age of living and non-living trees. They simulate the role of a tree-ring scientist, crossdating tree-ring samples and determining which sample is the oldest and the age of the samples. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study environmental changes by examining the annual rings of a cross-section of a tree trunk. They access websites to complete a worksheet on the parts of a tree. They count the annual rings on a tree slice while observing its characteristics using a hand lens and play a game for lesson reinforcement. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students complete a unit about the functions of trees, tree bark, trunks, and roots. They listen to "The Giving Tree," take a tree walk on the school grounds and take observation notes about a selected tree, and create a booklet that contains various activities related to trees and tree parts. Full Review »

