Massachusetts Tree Text Set Exploration
Teaching
with Text Sets
(Cappiello & Dawes, Shell Education,
2013)
These digital resources are provided here to
support teachers in our workshops and classes, and to be explored in
conjunction with the children’s and young adult books and other digital texts
featured in our tree unit in Teaching
with Text Sets.
Sunburst Digital Resources
Rotting Logs
“Is There Life in a Decomposing Log?” Lesson,
The National Zoo (great visual guides to take with you to examine a decomposing
log)
“What Lurks in a Rotting Log,” Discover Magazine, August 2012
“Rotting Logs,” Newton Ask-A-Scientist,
Argonne National Laboratory
Prescott,
Lyle. 1997. “The Busy Life of a Rotting Log.” Ranger Rick, July.
General Tree Resources
Websites:
Electronic Field Trip: “Tree-Mendous
Technology, “ Ball State University, Smithsonian
National Arbor Day Foundation
National Arbor Day Foundation Tree Identification Guide
What is a Tree? Earth Day Canada
Apps:
Leaf Snap (free)
Audubon Trees (North America)
Easy Measure (free)
SoilWeb (free)
Children’s Magazines
Note: To access these articles, you
need to use one of the subscription databases paid for by your state. In
Massachusetts, this is INFO TRAK, which you can find on your public library
page and most likely your school library webpage.
“A Tree’s Life.” 2011. National Geographic Young Explorer, October.
Churchman, Deborah. 2004. “Amazing Trees.” Ranger Rick, June.
Cowan, Mary Morton. 2005. “Working the Woods.” Faces, September.
Hoffman, Kate. 2010-2011. “Conifers.” Ranger Rick, December-January.
Goodsell, David. 2011. “Trees Lose
Leaves – Why?” Fun for Kidz, September-October.
Kelley, Stephanie. 2011. “Types of Trees.” Fun for Kidz, March-April.
Manhein, Bhavani. 2008. “The Cedar: A Many Splendored Tree.” Skipping Stones, November-December.
Royer, Amber. 2011. “The Incredible Edible Tree.” Odyssey, April.
Siegelman, Sharon. 2004. “We Need Trees.” Weekly Reader—Edition K, April.
Sweeney, Debora and Judy Rounds. 2011. “Winter Birch Trees.” Arts & Activities, December.
Wetzel, Carol. 2011.“Why can Trees Live so Long?” Odyssey, April.
“Whose Leaf?” 2011. Click, September.
Kelley, Stephanie. 2011. “Types of Trees.” Fun for Kidz, March-April.
“Looking at Leaves.” 2011. Click, September.
Manhein, Bhavani. 2008. “The Cedar: A Many Splendored Tree.” Skipping Stones, November-December.
Ramaley, Shirley Ann. 2011. “Learning
from Trees.” Fun for Kidz, March-April.
Royer, Amber. 2011. “The Incredible Edible Tree.” Odyssey, April.
Siegelman, Sharon. 2004. “We Need Trees.” Weekly Reader—Edition K, April.
Sweeney, Debora and Judy Rounds. 2011. “Winter Birch Trees.” Arts & Activities, December.
Wetzel, Carol. 2011.“Why can Trees Live so Long?” Odyssey, April.
“Whose Leaf?” 2011. Click, September.
Massachusetts-Specific Tree Resources
Science
Harvard Forest
Harvard Forest Webcam
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and
Recreation
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries &
Wildlife
Mass ACORN
Massachusetts Forest Alliance
Family Forest Research Center, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst
Fact Sheet from Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management
Town of Lexington, MA Tree Inventory 2004-2010
MCTI- Mobile Community Tree Inventory
Program of the City of Cambridge, MA
History
Massachusetts Maps from the Massachusetts Historical Society: Maps
of towns, cities, and counties in Massachusetts from 1637-1809.
“View from Mt. Holyoke” landscape painting by Thomas Cole, 1836
from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Digital Photographs of Cambridge from 1866-1984, from the Cambridge
, Massachusetts Historical Society
Sketch of “The Village Smithy” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
1840, from the Washington’s Headquarters –Longfellow National Historic Site
& Maine Memory Network
Children’s Poetry: Digital Resources
Children’s Poetry, Children’s Poet Laureate,
The Poetry Foundation
Academy of American Poets
Craft Lesson: Interview with Joyce Sidman on
Researching and Writing Science Poetry (Butterfly
Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow)
Tree Ring Digital Resources: Mangrove Trees
Sources from The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families
The Asahi Glass Foundation: Blue Planet Prize
Dr. Gordon Sato, 2005
http://www.af-info.or.jp/en/blueplanet/list.html
Manzanar Mangrove Initiative
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/manzanar/default.htm
The Manzanar Project
http://themanzanarproject.com
Rolex Awards for Enterprise: Dr Gordon Sato
http://www.rolexawards.com/profiles/laureates/gordon_sato
“A Love of Science Breeds a Life of Humanity”
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/manzanar/paccit1108.pdf
Reuters: Eritrea’s Mangroves Show Way to Fight Hunger
http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/05/21/idUSL19568436
Boston Globe: “Desert Saint”
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/11/14/desert_saint/?page=full
AFP: “Mangrove Project Creates Fish, Fire, and Hope”
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ja9pehF0S9XTEWUtNQgLQuyA4h6g
New York Times: “A Drug’s Royalties May Ease Hunger”
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/07/business/business-a-drug-s-royalties-may-ease-hunger.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
Naturia: Mangrove Trees
http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/plants/mangrove_trees.htm
Manzanar Project: Eureka the Technique to Alleviate Poverty in the Barren Coast of Hergigo”
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/manzanar/hargigo0608.pdf
National Geographic: 'Mangroves, Forests of the Tide”
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/02/mangroves/warne-text
A Novel Approach to Growing Mangroves on the Coastal Mud Flats of Eritrea with the Potential for Relieving Regional Poverty and Hunger
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/manzanar/images/satowetlands07.pdf
Websites
NASA, Earth Observatory, 2011 Satellite
Global Map of Mangrove Trees
Mangroves, Oceans for Youth Foundation
The Mangrove Action Project
Mangrove Trees, Estuary Adaptations, NOAA
Mangrove Tree, National Geographic
“Drama Amid Indonesia’s Disappearing
Mangroves,” NPR
“Figi’s Mangroves, Coral, Under Assault,” NPR
“Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic
Disappearance of Rainforests of the Sea,” The Diane Rehm Show
“What are the Mangrove Trees Telling Us About
the Texas Coast?” , State Impact/NPR
Solar System Biography Digital Resources: Wangari
Maathai
Webpages
Wangari Maathai, The Green Belt Movement
Wangari Maathai Obituary, The New York Times
Wangari Maathai Obituary, The Guardian,
London
“Wangari Maathai: Death of a Visionary,” The
British Broadcasting Corporation
Wangari Maathai Biography, The Nobel Prize
Official Site
“Taking Root” Documentary of Wangari Maathai
Wengari Maathai’s Nobel Lecture Excerpt,
December 2004
NPR Interviews with Wangari Maathai
Children’s Magazines:
Note: To access these articles, you
need to use one of the subscription databases paid for by your state. In
Massachusetts, this is INFO TRAK, which you can find on your public library
page and most likely your school library webpage.
Ferrara,
Jan.2011. “Wangari Maathai: Trees for
Peace” Faces, February.
Creegan,
Elizabeth. 2009. “Growing Trees for Kenya.” Highlights
for Children, March.
Solar System Forest Biome Survey: Boreal,
Temperate, Tropical
Webpages:
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
Forests and Forestry, Times Topics, The New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/science/topics/forests_and_forestry/index.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/science/topics/forests_and_forestry/index.html
US Forest Service, Ad Council: Discover the Forest
Forest Education Initiative
National Forest Foundation
US National Park Service Web Rangers
Sierra Club
US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Conservation Education
US Environmental Protection Agency “For Kids”
American Forests
Forest Guild
Northern Woodlands
Virtual Rain Forest, Michigan State
University, Smithsonian Institute
The Rain Forest Alliance
Natural Resources Canada
Ontario’s Great Boreal Forest
Audubon Society
“Mummified Forest Found on Treeless Arctic
Island”
Forest Webcams:
World Land Trust Tropical Forest webcams
Redwoods Camera, Save the Redwoods
Webcams, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National
Park
App:
Forest and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations Forestry App (free)
Children’s Magazines
Note: To access these articles, you
need to use one of the subscription databases paid for by your state. In
Massachusetts, this is INFO TRAK, which you can find on your public library
page and most likely your school library webpage.
Aplet, Greg and Evan Hierpe. 2011. “The Future of Forests.” Mother Earth News, June-July.
Bourne, Joel K. 2009. “Redwoods: The Super Trees.” National Geographic, October.
"Chestnut Trees Could Temper Climate Change." USA Today [Magazine] June 2010: 7. Junior Edition.
Derr, Aron. 2010. “Rebuilding Years.” Boys’ Life, March.
Kelley, Stephanie. 2011. “King of the Trees.” Fun for Kidz, March/April.
“Life in a Tropical Rain Forest.”
2009. Weekly Reader—Edition 2, March.
Witze, Alexandra. 2011. “Rain Tips Balance between Forest and Savanna: Amount of Tree Cover can Shift Suddenly and Abruptly.” Science News, Nov 5, 2011.
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