Go Out on a Limb - Investigate more about trees

green bullet Collect a leaf from one of the dominant tree species in your area. Use the key resources here to classify the tree.

green bullet Tree Comparison/Contrast Project - Select a local conifer and a deciduous species.
Based on the novel My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

green bullet Investigate - How can trees help reduce a building’s energy use in winter and in summer?

green bullet Some trees have become cherished symbols or vital parts of the communities, in which they grow.
Identify one highly valued tree in your region. Why is it revered?

green bullet The Giving Shade Tree - Are the trees around your school planted in a way that will reduce energy demands?

green bullet Oaks are vital members of our ecosystem. Learn lots about oaks and the numerous species that depend on them.

green bullet Capturing Carbon - Nova Science Now online video Jul. 2008
An eighth-grader's science fair project prompts her scientist father to develop a new way
to pull excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

green bullet Environmental Scientists Find Tree Combo For Carbon Sequestration

green bullet Explore Plants & People to learn about plants and trees and how people have counted on them for many things.

green bullet Write three important tips about planting trees.

green bullet Tree Rings: A Study of Climate Change

green bullet Inventory & Map the Trees on your school campus or neighborhood - include location, species, size, condition

green bullet The Forester consider a career

green bullet Ecology Vocabulary Exercise

green bullet Do MathFlix's Infinite Pine Trees activity watch Part 1| Part 2 print the Worksheet

green bullet Compare or contrast a coniferous forest and a deciduous forest

green bullet Maple Trees, Sugar bush and the Anishinabe

green bullet Tree lineage activity | green bullet Plant lineage activity

green bullet Inside a Leaf | Leaf Classification

green bullet Make a Dichotomous Key for a species of tree that grows in your region.

green bullet Discover what has happened to the American Chestnut.

green bullet Dr Arbor Talks about Trees

green bullet Tree That Owns Itself article, more info

green bullet Explore the Methuselah Grove

green bullet General Sherman Sequoia - world's biggest tree by volume

green bullet Use this site to learn about the many ways people use trees.

green bullet Classification challenge - trace the classification of a species of tree found in your community. I'll get you started. Trees belong to the kingdom Plantae. They are all Eukaryotes. Use this worksheet and the Tree of Life Project to trace a tree from Eukaryotes to the individual tree species. (MS/HS)

green bullet 5 Reasons to stop topping trees

green bullet Deciduous trees survive in winter

green bullet What tree is that? | green bullet Plant Parts Facts Activity

green bullet Identifying PA. Trees | green bullet Identifying Leaves of Pennsylvania

green bullet Tree Pollen Map | green bullet Seed Dispersal

green bullet Pathfinder Science - "hands-on, minds-on" activities (student scientists not just science students)

green bullet Ininatig's Gift of Sugar The Tradition of Native Sugarmaking

green bullet From the Woods - Community Forests

green bullet Tales from Urban Forest | green bullet Tree color

green bullet Trees - who lives there? | green bullet Do this Life Cycle activity

green bullet Trees + Me = Forestry pdf | green bullet From the Woods

green bullet Florida cities ask: Are there too many palms?

green bullet Read how these scientists estimated there were 3 trillion trees on our planet. Try it. count how many kids are in your classroom. How many classrooms are there in your school? Estimate how many students attend your school. Find out - how close you are to the actual count.

green bullet Fields, Meadows and Fencerows EcoStudy Unit | green bullet Wetlands EcoStudy Unit

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Cynthia J. O'Hora, posted 1/2009, UTD 11/09
Released to public domain use in honor of Nobel Prize winner Dr Wangari Maathai for her visionary Green Belt Movement