2.48 Tree Timelines
“Tree Timelines” is Lesson 48 in the Plant Science unit of the National FFA Grow Your PALS mentoring program. In this small-group lesson, students examine tree “cookies” (log crosscuts), learn facts about tree rings, determine a tree’s age by counting its rings, and create a paper-plate “tree timeline” depicting important events in their own lives.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Determine a tree's age from its rings.
- Create a "tree timeline" reflecting his/her life events.
- Time required
- 35 minutes
- Materials
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- Crosscut of a log and knowledge of the date cut – 1 per student
- PALS.48.AS.A – 1 per student
- Paper plates – 1 per student
- Markers
- White paper for posters
- PALS.48.TM.A – 1 set of 5 per student
- Unit
- Plant Science
- Lesson Type
- Small Group
- Precepts
- J. Mental Growth; J2. Think creatively
- Key Terms
- tree cookie
- Resources
- None
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.6Applying Knowledge — Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions, media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.
- NS.K-4.3Life Science