A Forest in the City

From PLUM LANDING · 2014

A Forest in the City
4 min1st2nd3rd4thScience
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Summary

Is there a forest hiding in your city? Ranger Jesse and a group of friends take an exploratory trek through an urban neighborhood and are surprised by how much nature they find.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Kids discover the surprising amount of wild nature hidden in a city.

  1. What pieces of 'forest' did the kids find in the city?
  2. Why do people sometimes miss the nature around them?
  3. Where could you look for hidden nature near you?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: urban, forest, nature.

Try it: List three places you could look for hidden nature in a city or town.