How Tall Am I?

Learners will compare estimations of the height of trees to their measurements of a tree.

Explicit

This will help children understand how to use a measuring stick and to compare their estimations of the height of a tree to the calculated height. This helps children understand how to measure the distance between two points. It helps children understand how to convert one unit of measurement to another and to read standard units of measurement.

Connect the Learning

Measuring the height of individual trees allows us to record the health of a forest, monitor tree population, how fast a forest is growing and the impact that climate change has on a forest. To support forest stewardship, tracking the height of a tree allows us to see direct competition for resources such as light.