{"id":18835,"date":"2018-04-11T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/?p=18835"},"modified":"2022-10-26T13:25:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T17:25:00","slug":"arbor-day-plant-tree-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/arbor-day-plant-tree-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbor Day: plant a tree on your map!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arbor Day is a Tree Lover’s Holiday! \u00a0<\/span>Celebrate this day in your classroom by combining it with mapping activities. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Trees have been in existence for 370 million years. It is estimated that there are just over 3 trillion mature trees in the world.<\/p>\n

Make trees be the inspiration for some special hands on classroom work, centered around Arbor Day. \u00a0In our digital age, students are inspired by– and CRAVE!– “hands-on” creative work. \u00a0Arbor Day is a good time to let their creative juices flow while they learn. \u00a0With geography as the vehicle, you can add some cross-curricular science work too (see below).<\/p>\n

Add a tree when mapping!<\/span><\/h2>\n

Start by getting a detailed blank map of your state, like this one shown here, of Massachusetts<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Or you can start with a blank map of the USA, like our USA, Places and Geographic Features<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, shown HERE.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Learn all the details of the state and\/or country. \u00a0 At the same time, research your state tree– what is it, and what does it look like? \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0AND– as the icing on the cake of these detailed maps, your students can draw in the tree to celebrate the day!<\/p>\n

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Draw the tree on a space on the map. \u00a0If there is not a lot of room, students can draw a detail of a leaf of the tree! \u00a0Or if the tree has a unique feature like a cone or seed pod, they can draw in that!<\/p>\n

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Turn the map over and draw the tree in a decorative way on the back. \u00a0Each student will draw a tree– and the details of the map!– in their own unique way. \u00a0Here we have a Red Maple– state tree of our state of Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

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What makes one tree different from another?<\/span><\/h2>\n

There are tropical trees and those that grow in arctic conditions, there are trees that keep their leave and others that are deciduous. \u00a0 This activity is a good time to point out that trees have different ways of making and spreading seeds. \u00a0These old drawings of seed pods make this pretty obvious! Two familiar trees, and so different– pine and oak.<\/p>\n

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Arbor Day around the world!<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mark a blank World map<\/strong>\u00a0like this one HERE<\/strong><\/a> with all the countries, world-wide, that celebrate Arbor Day! \u00a0Research who these are and label a blank World map like this. \u00a0Learn countries as well as celebrate this life-affirming holiday!<\/p>\n

HERE<\/strong><\/a> is a list of the countries participating in this holiday. \u00a0Have your students locate these countries on your blank map!<\/p>\n


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