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Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
Date Created: June 29, 2017
Ongoing
Author(s):
- FireWorks Educational Program
Contact(s):
- Ilana L. AbrahamsonUS Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
Lesson Overview: In this activity, students observe and record information on botanical specimens, then use each other’s observations to identify 12 tree species that live in Sierra Nevada montane forests.
Lesson Goals: Increase students’ understanding that trees have characteristics unique to each species and these can be used to identify them.
Objectives: Given descriptions of individual tree species written by their peers, students can examine a sets of photos and botanical specimens to identify a tree species.
Online Link(s):
M13: Tree ID - Mystery Trees - Lesson Plan (200 KB; pdf)
Handout M13-1 (93 KB; pdf)
M13: Labels (31 KB; pdf)
M13: Tree Photo Packet (8.53 MB; pdf)
Mystery Trees Booklet Cover (76 KB; pdf)
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- trees
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FRAMES Record Number: 24554