Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ525115
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1073-5836
Links to Literature--Huge Trees, Small Drawings: Ideas of Relative Sizes.
Burton, Gail
Teaching Children Mathematics, v2 n8 p466-70 Apr 1996
Discusses a unit integrating science, mathematics, and environmental education centered around "The Great Kapok Tree," by Lynne Cherry (1990). Ratios are used to make scale drawings of trees in a rain forest. Other activities include a terrarium and problem-solving activities based on eating habits of rain forest animals. (KMC)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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