Provides the basics for how to evaluate the species, cut, hardness price and other factors for choosing the lumber to use in your project.

OBJECTIVE Learn how a tree uses it's roots to drink and move water up to the leaves. BOOK What Do Roots Do? by Kathleen V. Kudlinski EXPERIMENT Investigate how roots "drink" by dipping the edge of a piece of paper towel into water (food coloring optional). I recomned food coloring because it will help you see the ater climb. The water will climb up the paper towel. Record what you did using this simple Science Lab Recording Sheet. ART Create roots by cutting and gluing yarn. Tree Roots…

Tree Track: Learning About Trees with Wooden Train Tracks @ Play Trains! http://play-trains.com/ The Little Engineer, at 2.5 years old, was enthralled with the whole process for a good hour and a half, and learning about art, biology, and planning and executing a project the whole time! Based on the art installation, "Tree Track", by Christien Meindertsma.

After we made our flower we moved onto learning about trees. Bubble was fascinated by the roots so we Googled some pictures that showed how...

Label the Parts of a Tree (and Trunk)

This printable will help your child with their observation skills by challenging them to count the tree rings to determine their ages.

A printable visual aid and worksheet with a labelled tree.

The main Parts of a Tree are the roots, trunk, branches and twigs, leaves, buds, flowers and fruit. A tree's roots absorb water and nutrients from the soil, store sugar and anchor the tree upright in the ground. All trees have lateral roots that branch into smaller and smaller roots and usually extend horizontally well beyond the branch tips; large trees typically have roots extending 20-40 metres or more from the trunk. The vast majority of the root system is located in the upper 10–30 cm…

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