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Fortune Tellers- Mr. Tree Lessons A blank ‘Fortune Teller’ and directions are on the Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful website at http://tinyurl.com/55mujs or http://www.gwinnettcb.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=9 (Scroll down to ‘Lesson Resources.’) Once folded, if the Fortune Teller is laid out flat with the dotted lines on the bottom and the folded triangles on top, there will be a center square formed by lines. The boxes within are where fingers are placed when using the Fortune Teller. This is designated as the 1st Level. The triangles on the outside of this box are the 2nd Level, and, when flipped over, the diamonds separated by dotted lines are the 3rd Level. See the example Blank Fortune Teller to show orientation of writing. For older students who can write smaller, you can also divide levels 2 & 3 to double the information tested. See the copy of the 4 Rs Fortune Teller to show students how to orient their writing for this double information. The following chart gives some examples for each level. Feel free to make up your own, and please send them on to Brenda McDaniel, Education Manager, at [email protected] so that we can share them on the website. Teachers can give student any part of this chart- perhaps only the topics from Level 1, then have students make up questions and provide answers. The students then use their Fortune Tellers with other students who answer the written questions, and check their answer on Level 3. As this activity can be used by most grade levels, please adapt the following chart to your lesson plan and other resources. We have tried to provide complete info as background for teachers. These following topics and levels can be used for a variety of other applications- foldables put together as a poster or bulletin board, fill-in charts, Jeopardy-style game, etc. Page 1 Fortune Tellers- Mr. Tree Lessons TOPIC Why are trees good for our environment? What do trees provide for people? LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 People How do trees help people? Animals How do trees help animals? Plants How do trees help other plants? Soil How do trees help the soil? People 1 People 2 People 3 Wood Leaves Sap People 4 Fruit Takes water and nutrients from the ground Holds soil in place (so doesn’t wash or blow away) Root Anchors tree in place Parts of tree & functions Stores food & water Trunk & Branches (Stem) Flower Leaves How do trees help animals? Habitat Habitat Food Food Mutualism Symbiotic Relationships with Trees Commensalism Parasitism Endosymbiosis Transportation system Holds leaves out to sunlight Makes pollen Becomes fruit or seed Make food for tree Take in carbon dioxide Nests Trunk or branches Leaves Bark Definition: both individuals benefit Definition: one of the organisms benefits, the other is not significantly harmed or helped Definition: one organism benefits while other is harmed Definition: one organism lives within the tissues of the other Page 2 LEVEL 3 Provide products, are beautiful, provide shade, make oxygen Habitat, food, shelter, place to reproduce, place to hide Shade other plants, help hold soil in place, enrich soils through leaves that drop Holds soil around tree, windbreak (prevents wind erosion), holds excess water to release as needed Houses, furniture, pencils, paper Make oxygen for people to breathe Maple syrup, rubber Nuts(except peanuts), avocados, olive oil, apples, peaches, oranges Tree has ingredients to make food for itself Soils provide water, nutrients Prevents tree blowing over, being carried away by animals, maintains it in a beneficial location Keeps tree alive during drought, winter, in poor soils Carry food and water between roots and leaves Maximizes the amount of sun and air exposure for each leaf Bees use for honey, helps tree to make seeds Helps disperse seed Give off oxygen Decrease CO2 load in atmosphere Birds, squirrels Tree frogs, honeybees, bugs Deer, caterpillars, giraffes Porcupine, insects Example: woodpecker eats bugs from a tree, reducing its exposure to pests and feeding the woodpecker Example: Squirrels living in trees Example: Mistletoe, Spanish moss benefit but eventually kill the tree Example: nitrogen-fixing bacteria in roots Fortune Tellers- Mr. Tree Lessons TOPIC Human Impact on Trees Parts of a Root LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 Pollution How does pollution harm trees? Herbicides How do herbicides harm trees? Pesticides How do pesticides harm trees? Deforestation Why are trees cut down? Outer tissue Fine areas of root (not in all plants) Tip of root Inner portion of root Leaves Tree Adaptations Epidermis Toxic chemicals can be taken up by the tree from soil, water, or air, and they could harm the tree. May kill or injure the tree. (Herbicides kill plants.) May kill pollinators or other beneficial insects. (Pesticides kill animals/insects. To provide land for farming, houses; to make products for humans, provide fuel for cooking or heating Protects root Root hairs Increase surface area for absorption Root cap Protects delicate growth tissues Cortex Food storage Waxy cuticle Prevents moisture loss Funnels rainwater to base of tree for roots Drip point Trunk and Branches Roots Brittle or Elastic Determined by usual wind velocity Standard or fleshy for storage Shape Pyramidal, round, etc. Ex. Carrots, potatoes Dependent on wind, snowfall, predation, etc. Wind Water Seed Dispersal Animals Expulsion/ Explosion Tree Tissues LEVEL 3 Vascular Tissue Vascular Tissue Reproductiv e Tissue Waxy covering Wings, hairs or outgrowths to increase surface area; must be small and light weight Floats on water, exterior impervious to water Eaten by animals & excreted, hook sticks to fur like a burr, cached by animals, etc. Seed pod dries & opens; seeds fly out to land on ground away from the parent plant Xylem Phloem Maple , dandelion Mangrove, coconut Acorns- squirrels bury Fruit such as raspberries- birds excrete seeds in another place Pea family Moves water, nutrients, & minerals up from roots to leaves Moves manufactured food down from leaves to roots Cambium Makes new xylem and phloem Cuticle Outer layer in leaves for protection Some other topics to make your own Fortune Teller, or have students design their own: photosynthesis, plant cell organelles and their functions, successional changes in an ecosystem, tree adaptations, analogous systems, etc. Page 3