EDUCATION ACTIVITY: My Redwood Journal

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My Redwood Journal

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Date: ______________________________

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Save the Redwoods League 114 Sansome St., Suite 1200 San Francisco, CA 94104 415-362-2352 education@savetheredwoods.org

Field Trip Site: ______________________


Where Am I?

Field Notes

Put a circle on the map where your school is: Put a square on the map where your field trip is:

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Reflection

What do you see? Draw what you see around you. * animals * plants * pollution * water

What did you see?

What did you smell?

What did you hear?

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What did you touch? __ __ __ ________

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Plant ID Guide

Tree Rings

Check off the plants you find in the forest. Redwood

Blackberry

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Huckleberry

Big Leaf Maple

Count the number of rings in this tree. What year is the inner ring? _________________________________________________ Redwood Sorrel

Alder

What years are there scars in the tree? What is the scar from? _________________________________________________ What years are the rings the thinnest? Why? __________________________________________________

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Scavenger Hunt

Thimbleberry Madrone

Find a goose pen. How big across is it? ______________________________________

Count how many redwood sprouts are coming out of one tree. Tanoak Coast Live Oak

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Find a plant that has a flower. What color is it? __________________________________________________ Bay laurel

Can you find a tree with black fire scars? Where on the tree are they?

Dogwood _________________________________________________

Can you find a fern as tall as you? How tall is it? ________________________________________ Sword Fern 8

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Plant Investigation Write the name of your plant.

Describe a leaf from your plant.

Interesting Redwood Facts What is something interesting you learned about‌ Redwood cones

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Draw your leaf.

Redwood needles

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Redwood bark

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Redwood Facts

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