Tree stem

When a child struggles to make friends at school, in the neighborhood, and elsewhere, he needs help building "social smarts." Here's how to do that.

From a tree's tiny root hairs buried in the ground to the highest leaves in its crown, each part of a tree plays an important role in helping it function. By acting out the parts of a tree, students be able to describe the general structure of a tree as well as explain how different

A liana is any of various long-stemmed, woody vines that are rooted in the soil at ground level and use trees to climb up to the canopy to get access to well-lit areas of the forest. The picture is from Lamington National Park, part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, the most extensive area of subtropical rainforest in the world. The Gondwana Rainforests are so-named because the fossil record indicates that when Gondwana existed it was covered by rainforests containing the same kinds…

Using Tree branches with printable patterns allows you to bring a touch of nature into your craft projects or home decor..

This diagram shows the layers of vascular tissue that make up a woody trunk or stem. The sapwood is xylem that is still actively transporting, and the heartwood is xylem that is lignified so is no longer active.

My free tree templates are the perfect way to create art with your kids during any season especial fall and spring.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Kindergarten Leaf Unit Study During our leaf unit study for My Father's World Kindergarten I set up a simple science demonstration to teach J-Bug how a leaf gets water. We did this same demo back w

Have your children or students ever wondered how high a particular tree is, but felt they had no way to measure it? Never fear, you don't need a crane, hot

Tree Anatomy Mini-Poster, Tree structures