2.49 Let’s Talk Tree Growth
This is Lesson 49 (“Let’s Talk Tree Growth”) from the Plant Science unit of the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide. In this small-group, hands-on lesson, students play an estimation game and then go outdoors to estimate a tree’s height using a pencil-and-pacing method and measure its circumference with a flexible tape measure, discussing how foresters, landscapers, and researchers use tree-size information.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Estimate a tree's height.
- Measure a tree's circumference.
- Time required
- 35 minutes
- Materials
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- pencil – 1 per student
- calculator (optional)
- note cards – 1 per student and 1 per PALS pair
- flexible tape measure – 1 per PALS pair
- Precepts
- F. Continuous Improvement; F5. Acquire new knowledge
- Unit
- Plant Science
- Lesson Type
- Small Group
- Key Terms
- circumference
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NS.K-4.3Life Science