SearchGo on a nature walk anywhere, and you’ll likely encounter trees of all shapes, sizes, and varieties. Enormous sequoias and imposing redwoods are giants among trees, and distinguished as the tallest living things on the planet! Surpassing many man-made structures, giant trees can also survive hundreds of years. How they survive Mother Nature’s destructive elements—such as fires or harmful insects—can be explained scientifically. This issue takes young naturalists deep in to the woods to compare the size and height of these giants to familiar objects. Superlatives come to mind easily when description the “largest, tallest, most imposing” plants on earth. Your understanding of the world will expand studying these expansive trees!
In this issue young naturalists will:
- read informational text about giant trees
- use graphs to compare objects
- scour the newspaper for superlatives
- use comparative and superlative cases to sort pictures in the news
- understand cubic measurement
- discover how and why giant trees survive for centuries
- take a “nature walk-bingo-scavenger hunt”
- use a code to learn facts about the General Sherman Tree
- write an opinion piece about the importance of trees
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