Go outside with a grown-up in the morning or late afternoon. Pick a tree where you can stand several big steps away and look up safely.
Watch the trunk and branches for five minutes. Look for bark cracks, holes, insects, birds, squirrels, or leaves moving in the wind. Do not touch nest holes, knock on the tree, peel bark away, or climb the tree.
Draw the tree trunk. Add three things you notice.
Then answer these questions:
Did you see any holes in the bark or trunk?
Did you hear tapping, bird calls, or leaves moving?
What animals might use the tree?
Where could an insect hide?
What food might Wilson find there?
Why should people leave bird nests and tree cavities alone?
Grandma’s reminder:
“A tree does not have to be fancy to be useful. Wilson can find a whole grocery store in one good trunk.”
This is what the printed page will look like.
Name:
Wilson’s Tree-Trunk Watch
Go outside with a grown-up in the morning or late afternoon. Pick a tree where you can stand several big steps away and look up safely.
Watch the trunk and branches for five minutes. Look for bark cracks, holes, insects, birds, squirrels, or leaves moving in the wind. Do not touch nest holes, knock on the tree, peel bark away, or climb the tree.
Draw the tree trunk. Add three things you notice.
Then answer these questions:
Did you see any holes in the bark or trunk?
Did you hear tapping, bird calls, or leaves moving?
What animals might use the tree?
Where could an insect hide?
What food might Wilson find there?
Why should people leave bird nests and tree cavities alone?
Grandma’s reminder:
“A tree does not have to be fancy to be useful. Wilson can find a whole grocery store in one good trunk.”
☐ Go outside with a grown-up in the morning or late afternoon. Pick a tree where you can stand several big steps away and look up safely.
☐ Watch the trunk and branches for five minutes. Look for bark cracks, holes, insects, birds, squirrels, or leaves moving in the wind. Do not touch nest holes, knock on the tree, peel bark away, or climb the tree.
☐ Draw the tree trunk. Add three things you notice.
☐ Then answer these questions:
☐ Did you see any holes in the bark or trunk?
☐ Did you hear tapping, bird calls, or leaves moving?
☐ What animals might use the tree?
☐ Where could an insect hide?
☐ What food might Wilson find there?
☐ Why should people leave bird nests and tree cavities alone?
☐ Grandma’s reminder:
☐ “A tree does not have to be fancy to be useful. Wilson can find a whole grocery store in one good trunk.”
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