Arbor Day

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Arbor Day

• By Jean McBride

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Arbor Day

• Arbor Day began on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska
• Brainchild of Secretary of Agriculture Julius
  Sterling Morton under Grover Cleveland.
• Nebraska's first Arbor Day was an amazing success
  with over one million trees planted.
• Nebraska was known as the tree-planters state. 
• Nebraska made it an annual legal holiday in 1885,
  using April 22nd to coincide with Morton's
  birthday.
• In 1970, President Richard Nixon proclaimed the
  last Friday in April as National Arbor Day. 

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Arbor Day

• Arbor Day is an international celebration
• Celebrated in Australia
• Greening Week of Japan
• New Years Days of Trees in Israel
• The Tree-Loving Week of Korea
• The Reforestation Week of Yugoslavia
• The Students Afforestation Day of Iceland
• The National Festival of Tree Planting in India

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Arbor Day Disciples

• Homeowners take stock of trees on property
• Inspect trees for disease or trimming
• Plant new trees to provide energy conservation
• Plant trees to improve value of property
• Take trip to local nursery to get new ideas
• Walk around your community or meet with neighbors
  to determine planting needs

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Arbor Day Disciples

• Types of trees in Nebraska
• Evergreens
• Trees that maintain their leaves throughout the
  year
• Examples Scotch pines, cedars, firs, Ponderosa,
  spruce, Arborvitae, and other conifers
• Deciduous Trees
• Trees that shed their leaves every year
• Examples Fruit trees, oaks, maples, birch, ash,
  dogwood, elm, willows, cottonwoods

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Arbor Day

• Venn Diagram Evergreen and Deciduous Trees
• Compare and contrast

Evergreens
Deciduous Tree
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Arbor Day

• Questioning Socratic Questioning
• Facts on Rainforest Development
• Rainforests once covered 14 of the Earth, now
  only 6.
• In lt40 years, the rainforests will be completely
  gone.
• 1.5 acres are lost every second due to logging,
  land development, and short-sited government
  policies.
• Nearly half of the worlds species of plants,
  animals, and microorganisms will be destroyed
  within 25 years.
• 137 species are lost every single day.
• 90 Brazilian tribes have been destroyed in past
  100 years.

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Arbor Day

• Questioning Socratic Questioning
• Benefits of the rainforests
• 25 of medicines are derived from rainforests.
• Over 20 of the worlds oxygen comes from the
  Amazon area.
• Over 80 of the developed worlds diet originated
  in rainforests.
• U.S. National Cancer Institute has found 3000
  plants that actively fight cancer.
• 25 of current cancer drugs come from rainforest
  organisms.

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Arbor Day

• Questioning Socratic Questioning
• Instructions Pair up with a partner and follow
  the guidelines that will be given.

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Arbor Day

• Whole-Class Discussion
• Background Given the destruction of the rain
  forests around the world, we now realize the
  importance of the forests to the ozone, finding
  cures to diseases, replacing oxygen in our
  atmosphere, and other benefits.
• Discussion Should local developers be required
  to plant replacement trees to offset the
  destruction of trees during development?

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Arbor Day

• Demonstration Pine Cone Birdfeeder
• Materials
• Pine cone, paper plate, plastic knife, smooth
  peanut butter, birdseed, yarn, scissors, and
  plastic bags
• Instructions
• Cut a long length of yarn to hang the bird
  feeder.
• Tie the yarn in a knot around both ends of the
  pine cone.
• Put a large clump of peanut butter on the paper
  plate.
• Spread the peanut butter inside the pine cone and
  around the edges.
• Sprinkle the birdseed over the pine cone.
• Roll the pine cone in the birdseed that is on the
  plate.
• Put in plastic bag to carry.
• Hang the bird feeder on the tree and enjoy
  watching the birds eat their treat!

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Arbor Day

• In conclusion, our presentation was on
  teacher-centered instructional strategies,
  including the following strategies
• Lecturing
• Whole-class discussion and recitation
• Questioning
• Demonstrating