April 25th, 2018

High School Resource: Tree Samples

Tree Samples Students compile a collection of tree specimens that will serve as an identification manual for trees found in New York. Related NY State Academic Standards: CDOS.C.2.1.A, CDOS.C.2.1.B, CDOS.C.2.1.C and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

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April 24th, 2018

Middle School Resource: Seeds

Seed By Design In this learning experience, students design, construct, test and draw conclusions about artificial wind-dispersed seeds in a controlled environment. Related NY State Academic Standards: CDOS.I.3a.BS.1, CDOS.I.3a.BS.1.A, CDOS.I.3a.BS.1.A.SW and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

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April 23rd, 2018

Elementary School Resource: How old is the tree?

Tree Talk If a tree could talk, we could ask it how old it is. Here is a mathematical way to estimate the age of your schoolyard trees. Students will measure circumference of trees in order to find diameter and calculate age of local trees using a growth rate table. Related NY State Academic Standards: […]

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