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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 8 25 14: Incredible Tree of 40 Fruits Lives Up to Its Name

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how artist Sam Van Aken created hybrid trees that produces 40 kinds of stone fruit including peaches and cherries.
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Other

Elm Care: How Trees Work

For Students 9th - 10th
How do trees drink, how do trees breath, what is the structure of a tree? Answer these questions and more.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: The Show: Trees

For Students 3rd - 8th
How much do you think you know about trees? PBS site offers a video and description of the life cycle of trees and their leaves.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Trees: Using a Dichotomous Key to Identify Local Tree Types

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using their own classification methods students will identify the types of trees found around their school and neighborhoods. Students will then present their classification methods to the class. Later students will use dichotomous tree...
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Read Works

Read Works: "Loveliest of Trees"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by A. E. Housman about cherry trees and the passage of time. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Tree Leaf Identification and Leaf Display Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
In this Biology field activity, students collect tree leaves and seeds to make an identified collection after drying in a plant press, a phone book, or in magazines.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Silk Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Silk Trees (Albizia julibrissin), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Driving With Djikstra

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to one of the prominent algorithms in graph theory used to find shortest paths -- the Djikstra Algorithm. The lesson includes four graphs of increasing...
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Other

Redwood National Park

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has interesting facts and figures associated with the Redwood Tree. Numerous images of towering redwoods and scenic overlooks are posted here. Links to other interesting park features are also available.
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Curated OER

Baylor College of Medicine: Family Tree Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Simple family tree showing how traits are passed through the family tree.
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Curated OER

Virginia State Tree

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of the Virginia State Tree.
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Trees

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Trees."
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Other

Robert Frost: America's Poet

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides many full text poems by Robert Frost. There are also multiple links for more information on Frost and his works.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Taiga

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find a great fact sheet on the taiga biome! Learn what the taiga is, where it's located, and the types of plants and animals that live there!
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Lesson Plan
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Let's Convince Council! [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Urban building developments and even the construction of parks result in the removal of trees. Learners will investigate the issues around a development scenario. They then present an argument to the class, who pose as a town council,...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Tree of Faith, Love, and Good Works

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Tree of Faith, Love, and Good Works", created by Hans Sebald Beham in 1525 (Woodcut).
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: You've Got Triangles!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about trigonometry, geometry and measurements while participating in a hands-on interaction with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT technology. First they review fundamental geometrical and trigonometric concepts. Then, they estimate the...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Invasion of the Modern World

For Students 9th - 10th
Loggers steal trees from the rainforest of Cameroon, one of Earth's oldest living ecosystems, in this video segment from Africa.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Connecting Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do trees help you breathe? This activity covers the connection between cellular respiration and photosynthesis and identifies the products and reactants of each.
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Starfall

Starfall: A House in a Tree

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an online children's picture book for early readers. It includes story word list.
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Curated OER

Snaith Primary School: Settings: Tropical Beach

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A color photograph of an ocean and a beach with palm trees by Tony Newlin.
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Other

Stephen Foster Austin State University: Sfa Mast Arboretum

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains a number of different categories with information about the Stephen Foster Arboretum.
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Other

Powersource: Cherokee Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Powersource gives links to many Cherokee myths, including the "Cycle of the Seasons" and "Rock House: Why the Sun Follows the Moon." These are both good examples of the Cherokee religious beliefs of creation.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Indiana

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Enchanted Learning provides an Indiana fact sheet and map as well as a list of state symbols and links to related information.