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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
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
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