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Course
Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
Date Created: February 15, 2018
Ongoing
Author(s):
- FireWorks Educational Program
Contact(s):
- Ilana L. AbrahamsonUS Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
Lesson Overview: In this activity, students observe and record information on botanical specimens, then use each other’s observations to identify 10 tree species of the northern Rocky Mountains and North Cascade range.
Lesson Goals: To increase students’ understanding that trees have characteristics unique to each species and these can be used to identify them.
Objective: Given descriptions of individual tree species, a dichotomous key, and plant samples, students can use sets of photos and botanical specimens to identify 10 species.
Online Link(s):
M13: Tree ID Mystery Trees - Lesson Plan (172 KB; pdf)
Handout M13-1 (93 KB; pdf)
M13: Mystery Trees Booklet Cover (74 KB; pdf)
Tree ID photos (5.4 MB; pdf)
Tree spp labels (271 KB; pdf)
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Keywords:
- species identification
- trees
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FRAMES Record Number: 25763