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The National Arbor Day Foundation: What Tree Is That?

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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What Tree Is It?

For Students 3rd - 8th
You've climbed this tree, sat in its branches and collected its leaves. Now you are old enough to know that it has a name. How can you tell what kind it is? Here are some ways to check: by leaf, by fruit, or just by the way it looks.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Tree Rings Simulation Dendrochronology

For Students 9th - 10th
Tree rings help scientists learn about past climates by decoding tree ring patterns. Use this interactive simulation to learn how tree ring patterns tell us about climate conditions in the past.
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Coillte: Module 3: Learn About Trees [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 4th
Print and complete the activities and experiments in this 22-page handout to learn more about how a tree lives, seeds and planting them, types of trees, and trees and wildlife.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Minnesota Tree Leaves

For Teachers K - 1st
For this biology field exercise, learners will collect leaves, describe differences seen in casual and detailed observation and give reasons for the importance of trees. Students will use their five senses to take a closer look at leaves...
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Montreal Botanical Garden: Trees Inside Out

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource on trees, covering many topics, including growth, needs, diversity, and identification. There is a section profiling botanists who work at this arboretum, and another where the public can present questions to the...
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Oh Deptartment of Natural Resources: Ohio's Trees

For Students 9th - 10th
A listing of all Ohio's trees complete with a description and picture. List is alphabetical from Alder to Willow. Be sure to click on "Big Trees," for statistics and pictures of the biggest trees in Ohio.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Activity: Trees and Air Quality

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Site offers lessons and activities designed to supplement study of the environment and ecology. Concise explanations are presented on the importance of trees in our world. Also, problem solving and creative thinking is encouraged...
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National Arbor Day Foundation: Tree Diversity Activity [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After teaching your students about a trees' growth characteristics, and landscape functions assess them by having them create a diverse community forest using the worksheets provided. This PDF document requires Adobe Reader.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Trees

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
See how different trees can look. Book includes audio narration in 18 additional languages with text in English.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Trees

For Teachers K - 1st
In this investigation, students will record an observation (drawing) of a tree in their science notebook. Following the observation, students will discuss what they observed and a list will be created by the classroom teacher. Based on...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Gardens: What Trees Provide [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson from the Smithsonian Gardens introduces students to concepts of habitat as well as to help them understand the importance of trees and what they provide.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Up in a Tree

For Students K - 1st Standards
See what might be hiding up in the branches of a tree. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Looking at the Community Tree

For Teachers 3rd
A neighborhood tree is observed for evidence of interactions between living and nonliving things.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Red Eyed Tree Frogs

For Students 3rd - 8th
National Geographic site engages users with colorful photos and extensive facts about Red-Eyed Tree Frogs. Be sure to click on the video link to view a short clip on these fascinating animals.
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PBS

Pbs: Make a Family Tree

For Students Pre-K - 1st
At this site, families can work together to create a unique family tree. Its special design allows you not only to record names of your family members but also to describe their likes and dislikes, how they used their leisure time, where...
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Tree of Life Project

The Tree of Life Web Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tree of Life is a multi-authored, Internet distributed project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity. The Tree of Life can be used to locate information about a particular group of organisms through their taxonomy.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 8 25 14: Incredible Tree of 40 Fruits Lives Up to Its Name

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how artist Sam Van Aken created hybrid trees that produces 40 kinds of stone fruit including peaches and cherries.
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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Minimal Spanning Trees

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
This puzzle shows students the decisions involved in linking a network between houses in a muddy city. It can lead on to a discussion of minimal spanning tree algorithms for optimizing networks.
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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Steiner Trees

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Steiner trees are another way to approach finding efficient networks between points. This is another tough problem from computer science, converted into an activity which is easy to explain, with variations suitable for higher-level...
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Lincoln Park Zoo

Lincoln Park Zoo: Green Tree Python

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on what the Green Tree Python looks like, where it can be found, what it eats, and how often it reproduces.
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Ohio Public Library: What Tree Is It?

For Students 9th - 10th
An online resource for tree identification by common name, scientific name, leaf, or fruit.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Wisconsin's Champion Trees

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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What Tree Is It?

For Students 3rd - 8th
How well do you know your trees? Site allows users to identify trees by name, by leaf or by fruit. Provides characteristics and pictures of each.

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