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Welcome to this module about trees and how they grow. Not even your textbooks cover some of this information; by doing this module you and your teacher are helping Colorado\u2019s forests. It is important to learn about the different parts of the tree and how trees grow together to understand how the forest works and therefore how we can keep the forest healthy. You will also learn about fires in the forest and how they can both hurt and help the health of the forest depending on the type of fire. \u00a0Understanding the role of fire in a healthy forest ecosystem will help you make good decisions about how we treat the forest now and in the future.<\/p>\n
At the Coalition for the Upper South Platte (CUSP), we find this particular topic very close to our hearts. When you help the forest during your service volunteer day you will either be working on restoration of a burn area or prevention of another catastrophic burn. You will learn a little forest history, and will take a little science with you. Our deepest desire is for you to be able to understand and describe the unique qualities of a Ponderosa Front Range Forest, and in time, as you mature as students, understand how forest health relates to all of us.<\/p>\n
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ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n Activity 3 – Part 1:<\/strong> Student Reading<\/a><\/p>\n Activity 3 – Part 2:<\/strong> Student Reading<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n DOCUMENTS and MATERIALS<\/strong><\/p>\n Tree Factory<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n The Parts of a Tree Worksheet<\/a><\/p>\n Functions of the Tree Parts Worksheets<\/a><\/p>\n Vocabulary<\/a><\/p>\n Excerpts from Anatomy of a Tree<\/a><\/p>\n National Wildfire Coordination Group, \u201cWildland Fire in the United States.\u201d Boise, Idaho.<\/p>\n U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service and your State Forester. \u201cThe True Story of Smokey Bear.\u201d Western Publishing Company, Inc. and the Ad Council, 1960<\/p>\n Lifetime Learning Systems, Inc., \u201cSmokey and Friends What you can do to Prevent Wildfires.\u201d A division of Weekly Reader, and the Ad Council.\u00a0 2002<\/p>\n USDA \u201cFaces of Fire.\u201d U.S Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management- March 1998<\/p>\n Merrill R. Kaufmann, USDA US Forest Service, Peter Marchand, Catamount Center for Geology of Southern Rockies\u00a0 and Ayn Shlisky, The Nature Conservancy, \u201cGood Fire, Bad Fire.\u201d US Government Printing Office:2006-775-242\/M3847 Region No.8<\/p>\n Patrick Cone, \u201cWildfire\u201d Minneapolis, MN. First Avenue Editions, The Learner Group. 1997<\/p>\n Photosynthesis\u00a0http:\/\/www.teachervision.fen.com\/tv\/printables\/botr\/botr_022_11-11.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n Project Learning Tree\u00a0http:\/\/csfs.colostate.edu\/pages\/project-learning-tree.html<\/a><\/p>\n Colorado State Forest Service\u00a0www.csfs.colostate.edu<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Trees: The Carbon Storage Experts\u00a0http:\/\/www.dec.ny.gov\/lands\/47481.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Urban Forest\u00a0http:\/\/www.coloradotrees.org\/why.php<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n A Year in the Life of a Pine Beetle Coloring Book\u00a0http:\/\/csfs.colostate.edu\/pdfs\/BufordColoringBookFINAL.pdf<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n A Year in the Life of a Pine Beetle Book\u00a0http:\/\/csfs.colostate.edu\/pdfs\/Buford_MPB_Book.pdf<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Arbor Day Foundation’s Life of a Tree\u00a0http:\/\/www.arborday.org\/kids\/carly\/lifeofatree\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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