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- Kindergarten
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Students learn the basic anatomy of a tree through exploration of tree centers. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students explore the ways in which trees grow and analyze growth rings to see how plants adjust to adverse conditions in order to survive. They explore the anatomy of a tree. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students review four main parts of a tree and learn five new parts. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students identify the parts of a tree and their functions. They label the parts of a tree on a worksheet, glue construction paper tree parts together to construct a paper tree, and match definitions with their tree parts. 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 »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students are able to describe the development of their chosen form of vertebrate life from the past to the present in a four to six page typed paper. They explain the use of phylogenetic tree. Students use the phylogenetic tree to exemplify an organism's evolutionary change as well as current information on the organism's current adaptation or change of habitat. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students describe the development of their chosen form of vertebrate life from the past to the present in a four to six page paper. They explain the use of a phylogenetic tree, and use this to exemplify an organism's evolutionary change as well as current information on the organism's current adaptation or change of habitat. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students discuss environmental factors influencing the health of trees. They identify tree parts and describe their functions. Students also role-play as the different parts of a tree. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students practice using a dichotomous key to identify trees and leaves. In groups, they explain the factors that make up the various soil types. They feel the soils and estimate the amounts of sand and clay and write their observations in a journal. They complete an activity identifying trees in a nearby park as well. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students identify and label tree leaf anatomical structures. They recognize tree species by both common and scientific names. Students examine soil samples and describe the composition in terms of the amounts of clay, sand, and silt. Full Review »

