Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Into the Woods

Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Into the Woods

Do all of these:

1. Identify two different groups of trees and the parts of a tree.
1. Evergreen deciduous and part of a tree
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2. Identify six trees common to the area where you live. Tell whether they are native to your area. Tell how both wildlife and humans use them.

1. Last year I got a bunch of different pocket guide, like these, trees plants flowers animals snakes, we used them on the nature hike, I'll use these again.
1. Follow the links at the bottom find more, I picked one up a paycheck till I had enough.
2. They are laminated single sheets folded up to fit in a pocket, I got enough for each boy to have 1 or two and told them to keep trading them off during the hike, combined wtih cheap magnifying glasses the boys had a blast.
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3. Identify six plants common to the area where you live. Tell which animals use them and for what purpose.
1. See #2 above get lots of different of these folding pamphlets.
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4. Visit a nature center, nursery, tree farm, or park, and speak with someone knowledgeable about trees and plants that are native to your area. Explain how plants and trees are important to our ecosystem and how they improve our environment.
1. Plants 
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5. Develop a plan to care for and then plant at least one plant or tree, either indoors in a pot or outdoors. Tell how this plant or tree helps the environment in which it is planted and what the plant or tree will be used for.
1. I used this to teach the boys about one of my favorite plants found in Texas, it's not native but i have many boyhood memories of it. It's called the Sensitive Plant, or Mimosa Puddica, it used to grow in the sidewalk and curbs near my grandmothers house in San Antonio...(Video above)
2.  How to sprout and plat to get then to come up in a week or two
1. Be aware the leaves of the new sprouts dont' move, in about a month new leaves will come in, those are the ones that move.
2. I used clear plastic cups and miracle grow potting soil to make it easy. This is exactly how we grew a plant for our Bear elective.
3. A pack of 100 seeds for Mimosa Puddica $6 shipped
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6. Make a list of items in your home that are made from wood and share it with your den. Or with your den, take a walk and identify useful things made from wood.
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7. Explain how the growth rings of a tree trunk tell its life story. Describe different types of tree bark and explain what the bark does for the tree.
1. Short Handout 
2. Web Page with better and more info 
3. Not growth rings but interesting general tree info

Workbook for use with these requirements: PDF Format DOCX Format