The next time you read a book, ride a bicycle, or fly a kite, thank the plants. Without them, you might not be able to do any of those things. The paper in most books comes from trees. To make...
Baseball bats and hockey sticks
At a sawmill, huge tree trunks are cut into boards. These are used for houses, furniture, and other products. Houses, tables, chairs, and floors, Rowboats, pencils, desks, and doors, Baseball bats...
Solving tree mysteries
How would you like to be a tree detective? To be a tree detective you have to be able to use clues to find out the names of the trees you see. You can use the tree charts on pages 172-185 to help...
The tree-path game
Come take a walk through this spooky forest. But be careful! If you choose a wrong path you'll be captured by giant spiders or eaten by crocodiles! You can play this game by yourself. It begins here...
Meet the Trees
> 4/, Mfe > > ■ I Can you tell an oak tree from a maple tree? Can you tell one kind of Christmas tree from another? There are many different kinds of trees. But each kind of tree has leaves,...
The oldest living tree
If trees had birthday parties, there's one tree in the United States that would need more than 4,000 candles on its birthday cake! Trees live much longer than people or animals do. A big oak tree,...
Odd and unusual trees
The world is full of unusual trees. One tree has fruits that look like big sausages hanging from its branches. Another tree looks a little like a giant umbrella. Still another tree looks somewhat...
Plants of mountainside communities
Why tree-line trees are short Every winter, snow covers the trees that grow near the tree line on mountains. The snow is about as deep one winter as the next. When a tree is young, snow covers it...
Plants of the rain forest community
rain forest community In a rain forest the trees are huge, and vines are as thick as a man's leg. Many people live in rain forests around the world. Life in the tropical rain forest Life is...
Why tree bark is rough
Bark is a tree's skin. It is tough and hard and protects the soft, inside part of the tree. A tree trunk grows from the inside out. Each year, a ring of new, soft wood grows around the trunk,...
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