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Every Tree for Itself
This fun and active modeling simulation reviews the conditions that trees need to live and grow, while also demonstrating that trees must compete to meet their needs.
Every Drop Counts
It’s easy to waste water and even easier to take water for granted. Water pours out of our faucets as though it were endlessly available. But the truth is the supply of good quality, fresh water is limited. Fortunately, we can all conserve water.
We All Need Trees
Students are often surprised to learn how many different products we get from trees. Use this activity to help students learn just how much we depend on trees in our daily lives.
Trees as Habitats
From their leafy branches to their tangled roots, trees provide habitat for a host of plants and animals. Students will inventory the plants and animals that live in, on, and around trees and discover how plants and animals depend on them.
Make Your Own Paper
Students learn about the papermaking process by trying it themselves. Students will find out that they can make their own paper and that their product is practical, as well as beautiful.
Here We Grow Again
A plant is a biological system that needs sunlight, water, air, nutrients, and space in order to survive and thrive. Students conduct inquiry-based experiments to explore these essential plant requirements.
Have Seeds, Will Travel
A plant is a biological system containing processes and components that enable it to grow and reproduce. By observing, collecting, and classifying seeds, students examine one aspect of a plant’s reproductive system.
Did You Notice?
Students observe differences over time to learn that change in the environment can occur quickly, slowly, or not at all.
Bursting Buds
In early spring, many trees sprout bright green leaves. Where do the leaves come from? How do they form? Students investigate these questions by observing tree buds throughout the year.
Birds and Bugs
Camouflage is an essential survival strategy in the natural world. Students discover the value of protective coloration as they pretend to be birds in search of colored bugs.
Backyard Naturalist
Every organism needs food, water, shelter, and space. A place that meets all these needs is called a habitat. Students will explore a nearby habitat—their backyard, schoolyard, or other outdoor setting—to look for signs of animals living there.
A Tree’s Life
Students discover that trees have life stages that are similar to those of other living things. They discuss a tree’s role in the ecosystem at each stage of its life.
Learn About Forests: Every Tree for Itself
This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading outreach events, career days, or field visits with youth. Learners model how trees compete with each other for nutrients, sunlight, space, and water.
Learn About Forests: Living with Fire
This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading outreach events, career days, or field visits with youth. Learners explore the role of fire in ecosystems and conduct a wildfire safety inspection of the site.
Learn About Forests: Make Your Own Paper
This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading educational events, career days, or field visits with youth. Learners experience the magic of the paper-making process and the value of trees as a natural resource.