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A large oak tree on the Pala reservation.

Trees: Our Important Oak Trees

Overview

A quick video about the oak trees of Pala and their importance.

Activity Type:

Video

Target Grade Level:

K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Estimated Duration:

2 minutes

Topics:

Food Systems

Possible Connections to NGSS

Performance Expectations

K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants, animals and humans need to survive.

2-LS4-1: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

4-ESS3-2: Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

5-ESS3-1: Combine and obtain information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth’s resources and environment.

MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.


Created by:

Planet Pala

Planet Pala

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