A Tree Study Curriculum for Second Grade

A TREE STUDY: For Second Grade, was designed to give students the opportunity to experience and explore first-hand the life cycle of a particular tree in Central Park. Trees are a natural topic for young students to study. They are part of the basic life cycle here on earth. Children are familiar with them having seen or been around them since birth. In my case, because of my school\u27s close proximity to Central Park, the students had the luxury of being able to basically go out in their own backyard any time they wanted a first hand view of what was going on with their trees. Furthermore, that the tree was their tree, made the study much more concrete for them