Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...

Lesson using the book The Giving Tree to learn about friendship and the Treetures website to learn about the importance of trees. In groups of four, students create posters about the connection between trees and people. (Note: Book...

Provides information about benefits of having trees in one's yard or on a farm, how to choose one, where to put it, how to plant it properly and safely, and how to care for it. (Published: October 9, 2009)

A description of the binary tree data structure.

At this site, families can work together to create a unique family tree. Its special design allows you not only to record names of your family members but also to describe their likes and dislikes, how they used their leisure time, where...

Canvas the neighborhood or school grounds to identify the quantity and types of trees found. Students will map out the area including all of the trees locations. Reviewing the map, students will determine whether areas may benefit from...

Trees have importance culturally, economically, and historically. Get up-close and personal with the megaflora of Wisconsin.

Have you ever looked at a tree and wondered just how long it had been standing there? The branches and the trunks of trees have unique rings inside them, which can be seen if you cut a transverse section of a tree. These rings appear as...

One of the best ways to learn about a tree is to look at its annual rings. Tree rings show patterns of change in the tree's life as well as changes in the area where it grows. In this lesson, students will trace environmental changes...

Discover the reason why trees have rings. Then use your skills of inquiry to decide which tree samples are the oldest, based on their rings.

Using recycled paper and tape, students will build a redwood tree that is taller than you and that can stand on its own. The site includes the challenge, tips, lesson plan, and a place for students to document their engineering design...

Identify and match insects on the insect family tree.

In this dynamic data science activity, students use data to build binary trees for decision-making and prediction. Prediction trees are the first steps towards linear regression, which plays an important role in machine learning for...

Find out why native fruit-producing trees and shrubs are essential components of diverse habitats.

Find out why native fruit-producing trees and shrubs are essential components of diverse habitats.

Find out why native fruit-producing trees and shrubs are essential components of diverse habitats.

Find out why native fruit-producing trees and shrubs are essential components of diverse habitats.

Good list of examples of how dormancy in tree seeds can be overcome. In the discussion, you'll pick up a fair amount about dormancy in plants.

Find out why native fruit-producing trees and shrubs are essential components of diverse habitats.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this formative assessment task, students are asked to find the density and the estimated number of trees in a forest, given certain parameters. Samples of student responses and possible...

This lesson plan helps learners develop tree diagrams and figure probability of events based on diagrams. Lots of resources are available to support teachers and students at this website.

[This site offers the text and audio of the limerick "There Was an Old Man in a Tree" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.

A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of Mother's Story, the Old Ash Tree by Emily Chubbuck Judson, a book of stories for children.

Use site from Suzy's world, which is a personal site from Suzy Cato, in order to learn how plants and trees "eat." Content includes fun facts and great experiment.