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Serc: Investigating Plant Life in Our Nature Center Lesson PlanSerc: Investigating Plant Life in Our Nature Center Lesson Plan
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
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Serc: Investigating Plant Life in Our Nature Center

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In this Nature Center activity, young scholars will apply knowledge from our classifying living things unit. They will compare what they already know about leaves to actual leaf samples. After collecting 5 leaves and keeping them in a journal, they will use a dichotomous key to correctly identify trees in our nature center.

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classifying, leaves, trees

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leaf, netted, alternate branches, investigating plant life in our nature center, opposite branching

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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