Parts to Play
In this activity, children make a tree costume and explore the parts of a tree.
Patterns
My Tree and Me
In this activity, children compare trees and identify distinguishing features.
Best Buds
In this activity, children explore twigs, buds, and tree flowers while they celebrate the coming of spring.
Fall for Trees
In this activity, children explore the signs of autumn and play with falling, changing, and dancing leaves.
Tree Textures
In this activity, children explore trees and their parts using the sense of touch.
The Global Climate
Using data collected from Mauna Loa, students graph changes in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) over the course of several decades and identify possible reasons for those changes.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
By examining trash, students can learn a lot about how and why they throw things away. Students find ways to reduce their community’s waste production and improve its management through participation in a service-learning project.
Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
Succession is a natural pattern of change that takes place over time in a forest or other ecosystem. Students read a story about succession and investigate the connections among plants, animals, and successional stages in a local ecosystem.
Living with Fire
Students learn about the three elements a fire needs to burn and find out how this “fire triangle” can be used to prevent and manage wildland fires, particularly in the wildland–urban interface.
Field, Forest, and Stream
Students conduct a field study of three different environments as they focus on sunlight, soil moisture, temperature, wind, water flow, plants, and animals in each environment.