Plants Field Study Tour |
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Field Study Tour: Animals • Plants • Soil • Water
Next Generation Science Standards: Animals • Plants • Soil • Water |
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Coniferous Trees
Students learn to identify and categorize coniferous trees and discuss their place in forest succession and in the local economy. |
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Dichotomous Key / Leaf Detectives
Students create a dichotomous key and use a key to identify plants. |
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Ethnobotany
Students examine a variety of items made from plants and discuss the history of human use of plants in the Pacific Northwest. |
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Fire Ecology
Students identify signs of forest fire and discuss the impact of fire on a forest ecosystem. |
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Flower Parts
Students examine and dissect flowers and discuss the structure and function of flower parts. |
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Forest Layers
Students examine and identify the various layers found in a forest ecosystem and discuss layers as a diversity of habitat for wildlife. |
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Logging Tools
Students learn how to use crosscut saws and other historic logging tools and look for historical signs of the use of such tools at the site. |
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Nurse Logs
Students examine decomposing logs and stumps and observe and analyze their role in a forest ecosystem. |
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Photosynthesis
Students explore the process of photosynthesis and relate the process to activities they do on field study. |
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Plant Adaptations
Students examine a variety of plants, their adaptations, and their niche in the forest community. |
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Plant Associations
Students characterize forest plots in terms of plants that are usually found together and analyze reasons for particular plant associations. |
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Plant Identification Hike
Students examine a variety of plants and use field guides and other resources to identify and categorize plants and fungi. |
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Primitive Plants
Students identify fungi, lichens, ferns and moss and examine their adaptations and role in the forest ecosystem. |
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Seed and Spore Dispersal
Students collect and identify seeds and spores and describe their dispersal techniques. Dispersal is linked to forest succession. |
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Succession and Disturbance
Students explore the process of forest succession, outline human and natural disturbances, and collect data to characterize a variety of sites as to their stage in succession. |
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Tree Age
Students use a variety of techniques to determine tree age and estimate the age a forest stand. |
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Tree Height / Board Foot Volume
Students use geometric triangulation and forestry tools to calculate the height of a tree and then calculate the volume of lumber contained in a tree. Students discuss human use of wood products and how activities such as paper recycling can reduce the amount of trees harvested. |
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Tree Parts
Students act out the internal parts of a tree and the function of each (outer bark, xylem, phloem, cambium, heartwood). |
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Field Study Tour: Animals • Plants • Soil • Water
Next Generation Science Standards: Animals • Plants • Soil • Water |
