Tree Exploration

Duration: 60 minutes

Grade Levels: 6-8

Trees can be intriguing! This interest can deepen if children (and adults) have the opportunity to spend time with one individual tree to which they feel drawn.
Resources

Lesson Plan

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Grade Levels: 4-8

Duration: 60 minutes

Concepts/Skills: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information Systems and System Models Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

Objectives:

  • Sharpen and practice observation skills.
  • Record their observations, questions, and connections through field journaling.
  • Learn how to identify trees, using a key or field guide. Learn about relationships between trees and other organisms.
  • Build a relationship with one specific tree.

Climate Standards Connections

Next Generation Science Standards
Grade Performance Expectation Description
6-8 MS-LS2-2 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Climate Change Connections ecosystems
Clarification Statement & Assessment Boundary Emphasis is on predicting consistent patterns of interactions in different ecosystems in terms of the relationships among and between organisms and abiotic components of ecosystems. Examples of types of interactions could include competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial.