Lesson 2: Tree Anatomy
Course: Environmental Natural Resources I:
Unit H: The Role of Forests the Environment
Standards:
Objective: EN 28.02
Pre-assessment:
Competency: EN 28.00
Describe the role of forests and their growth in the environment and society.
Assessment:
- Students will identify the root system, trunk, and crown of a tree.
- Students will identify the anatomical components of the root system, trunk, and crown.
- Students will understand the functions of the roots, trunk, and crown.
- Students will identify and understand the internal anatomy of the roots, trunk, and crown.
- Students will be able to identify the annual rings of a tree and determine a tree’s age and its environmental history.
Classroom Time Required:
90 minute classes
Materials Need:
Setting: Classroom and Trees outdoors
- Tree Roots (1 per student)
- Tree Roots Teacher Key
- Tree Roots Notes
- Tree Trunks (1 per student)
- Tree Trunks Key
- Anatomy of a Tree Trunk
- Tree Trunk Info
- Tree Crown (1 per student)
- Tree Cookie for every three or four students (A cookie is a cut cross section of wood at least one inch thick and two inches in diameter)
- Calculators for Tree Trunk Activity
- Trees 12-20 feet in height
- Flagging or another sort of tape that will stick to wood and you can visibly write on it
- Variety of fruits and flowers from trees
- Stem with leaves (preferably with pronounced lenticels-breathing pores)
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