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Choices! Choices! Choices!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the Fundamental Counting Principle and tree diagrams.  In this secondary mathematics instructional activity, students choose three pictures of clothing forma a catalog and create as many outfits as possible. ...
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Global Change- Time and Cycles

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study trees and their growth.  In this investigative instructional activity students work in groups to reconstruct a 50 year climatic history using a simulated tree ring. 
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How Old is that Cookie?

For Teachers K - 6th
Students investigate adaptation.  In this cookie age lesson, students examine changes and variations in chocolate chips in cookies in preparation for determining the age of trees using lines.  Students discuss how the age of...
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It's All in the Family with Mother's & Father's Day

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students interview family members to make a family tree for a Mother's or Father's Day card. In this family tree instructional activity, students read Love You Forever and discuss love within families. Students view Genealogy Resources...
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How Do We Measure Absolute Time?-Geologic Clocks

For Students 7th - 10th
In this absolute time worksheet, students define radiometric dating, tree rings and varves as means to measure absolute time. They are given information about each of these methods of dating.
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American Chestnut

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discuss importance of American Chestnut tree, explore its value and uses, examine how it has almost become extinct, and identify ways certain groups are working to help regain American Chestnut tree population through...
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The Importance of the Rainforest

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry while listening to Tropical Rainforest music. They name all the speaking animals in the book and list each of the reasons the animals gave for not cutting down the tree. They then...
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Grow An Apple Fungus

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study fungus which attacks apple trees. In this apple tree instructional activity, students grow a mold to demonstrate how an apple fungus could destroy an apple tree. They observe the mold which will not actually destroy a...
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Schoolyard Field Guide

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe, plan, research, and create a field guide for the trees that are in their schoolyard. In this trees lesson plan, 4th graders make careful observations of what they see around their school and create a guide.
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I've Got You Under My Skin

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine bark beetle galleries, discuss interdependence between insects, trees, and people, and research to determine causes of other tree damage.
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Forest Ecosystem Field Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate the environment by participating in a class field trip. In this botany lesson, students attend a field trip through their local park or forest while listening to a nature guide. Students practice using their 5 senses...
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Giving Cheer

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore kind behavior. In this values development and literacy lesson, students listen to The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, then generate a class list of ways the tree helped the boy and ways in which the boy helped the tree....
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Addition Word Problems

For Students 2nd
In this addition worksheet, 2nd graders write the correct expressions for the one digit word problems about trees, books, and more. Students complete 5 problems.
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Look At Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore botany by researching plants in class. In this tree identification lesson, students examine a group of leaves and list the different characteristics before guessing what types of trees they came from. Students read about...
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Measuring Absolute Time

For Students 8th - 10th
In this absolute time worksheet, students answer eleven questions about ways to measure the age of fossils. They define half-life, answer questions about radioactive dating, tree rings and varves.
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Ample Apples

For Teachers 1st
First graders read stories and make observations about the life cycle of an apple tree. They write and illustrate expository text about apple trees and make applesauce.
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Discovering My Family History

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research their family trees. They research Internet sites, conduct interviews and, when possible, access primary sources to compile information about their family's history. Students present their findings in a family tree.
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Family History

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners create photographic family histories. In this technology skills lesson, students create family trees with digital photographs that they take of the family members.
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Forest Products in the Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students make recycled paper as they discuss products we get from trees.
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Forests/Natural Resource Management II

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write about the importance of trees. In this natural resources activity, students look at deforestation occurring across the globe and present what they learned to the class. As closure, all students write a poem about the...
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Family History

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students research information about their family history, record the information and create some sort of family tree. Then they present it orally to the class.
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Cyber Combos

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use lists and tree diagrams to identify possible combinations of objects. They systematically list all possible choices, and predict the number of outcomes using multiplication.
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What is Culture?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the concept of culture. They discuss the Washoe culture, create a word web, develop a family tree of their own family for a class book, and complete a writing assignment.
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Family Matters 1

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this vocabulary worksheet, students answer 12 true/false questions based on a given family tree. For example, "Tina is Phil's mum."

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