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This kit contains resources needed to teach about the form, function and structure of trees. Includes a guide that shows you how to use tree rings to calculate the age of a tree or limb, determine climatic change and adaptation (through changing growth ring patterns), identify tree anatomy (heartwood, sapwood, cambium and inner/outer bark layers) and different growth patterns (tree ring irregularities, evidence of branching). Investigate the density of wood and perform a survey of your yard or community space to determine what trees are growing and the life forms those trees support.

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Recommended Audience: Ages 7 to adult

In this kit: Includes reproducible student observation cards for analyzing individual tree rings; 12 specimens of wood from around the world; 5 each of six different (30 total) tree rounds ("cookies") of western tree species; magnifiers, a field guide to trees, and instruction booklet with information, activities and worksheets for replication.

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