Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. What Is a Tree?

Look For: The Underside of a Leaf

Try This! Make a Crayon Rubbing of an Interesting Leaf

Try This! Press Leaves to Preserve Them

Try This! Make a Leaf Specimen Card

2. Tree Families

Try This! Count a Cluster of Pine Needles

Try This! Measure the Circumference of a Tree

Try This! Decorate with Pressed Leaves

Look For: Bark and Lichens

3. From the Ground Up

Look For: Animal Life Among Woods Floor “Litter”

Try This! Estimate the Height of a Young Tree

Try This! Start a Forest Logbook

Listen For: Trees That Make Noise

Look For: Leaves of the Future!

4. Woodland Wildlife

Try This! You Are a Grouse—On the Alert

Try This! “Paint” Bark with a Recipe to Attract Woodland Moths

Look For: Springtails in the Snow

Look For: Tracks in the Snow

5. It’s Dead … No, It’s Alive!

Look For: Evidence of Hole Makers and Hole Users

Try This! Count Tree Rings

Try This! Draw It—Add to Your Forest Logbook

6. It’s Nuts! Food for Animals

Try This! Spin Some Samaras—or Make Your Own

Look For: Forest Food for Animals

Look For: Evidence of Forest Munchers

7. Out and About—Tree Treks

Look For: Parks and Forests on Maps

Listen For: Sounds from the Treetops

Look For: Footprints on the Edge

Try This! Draw a Map of Your Campsite or Backyard

8. People and Trees—and Forest Conservation

Try This! Design a Poster About Your State Tree

Look For: Seedlings—the Forest of the Future!

Try This! Become a Tree Keeper

Tree Terms

Glossary

Common and Scientific Names

Resources

Teacher’s Guide

Bibliography