TREES An Investigation

How can you know a TREE?

BARKSmoothPeelingScaly

RingedOther

TREE ShapeWhat can SHAPE a Tree?

Beautiful Beginnings

Nuts ConesFruit

Leaves and Needles

Deciduous or Evergreen

LEAVES & NEEDLESMaking Food

LEAF ~ ShapesCan the same tree have different shaped leaves? Why?

LEAF ~ EdgeSmoothSinuateToothed

Pinnated LobedPalmated Lobed

LEAF Placement

AlternateOppositeWhorled

What do you want to know

about a TREE?QUESTIONS?

WONDERINGS?

I Wonder…Where Trees grow?HABITAT is the place where a tree

is likely to grow naturally

Lowland Banks of streams or lakes Bogs Uplands Sand and gravel Edge of the forest In the shade of tall trees Mixed forest of evergreen and

deciduous Evergreen forest Deciduous forest In moderate shade In heavy shade Eastern mountains

PLACE of a tree in association with PEOPLE

Brought from across the sea

Brought from the western mountains

Tolerates cities Roadside and fence-rows Pioneer in disturbed areas Pioneer after fire Pioneer after cutting of

forest Pasture pioneer Planted in parks, yards Planted about houses

A TREE’S LIFE

Tools and Processes

What can we know about a TREE? What can we RECORD about a

TREE? What are ways to DOCUMENT

information about a TREE? WHEN should we record

information?

Let’s find our TREE!TREE GROUPS

Look, Listen, Wonder, Plan