Hear from deep space. Pupils learn how satellites transfer information back to Earth. They learn about three different ways to modulate radio waves and how a satellite sends information with only 0s and 1s. Using sound, class members...

Learn how artist Sam Van Aken created hybrid trees that produces 40 kinds of stone fruit including peaches and cherries.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage explains that trees need water everyday and how scientists believe they get that water using their roots. It is followed by a comprehension question set.

Find out the ecological benefits of filling a backyard habitat with trees.

This stone sculpture depicts a female figure holding on to the branches of a tree. She stands in what is known as a triple bend position. Part of her arms and one leg have broken off. She has a pleasant expression on her face. She wears...

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.

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.

An explanation of the relationship between the silkworm and the mulberry tree, required for the production of silk.

This article instructs you on the basics of planting a tree. Topics include: choosing the right tree, preparing the site for planting, planting the tree and after care.

Lengthy text history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Michigan. Includes details of the lives and activities of the young men who enrolled, as well as historical photos.

Let's make some energy! Check out this wind turbine that NewWind has developed for creating small-scale sources of energy.

The Great Plains Nature Center provides an informational page on the Osage Orange tree. Also, they provide answers to following questions about the Osage Orange: are they edible?; how do you grow them?; do they repel insects?

Find out how to provide the proper amount of water for optimal growth and biodiversity in a backyard habitat.

Celia Lottridge is a Canadian children's writer, perhaps best known for her storybook The Name of the Tree, an African tale of a drought. This is a profile of her from an interview in 1997. The bibliography lists her books up until then,...

Explains what a forest densiometer is, its history, and its use as a tool to measure forest overstory density, i.e., the area percentage that a tree canopy covers.

Read and learn about Tokyo's 2080-foot Sky Tree, the world's largest broadcast tower built to sustain earthquakes. The information and photo are provided, but the video is no longer available.

Find out why the sometimes hazardous or untidy dead trees are actually quite important to wildlife.

Find out how dead trees can be beneficial to a backyard habitat.

Charles Darwin's theory that all living organisms are connected in some way has been confirmed through intense studies over centuries. Understand the similarities that bond all things living to the same family tree by checking out this...

This article, published by Scientific American (November 22, 2002), explores new findings tracing the domestic dog's lineage to East Asia.