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This traveling exhibit is made possible by a grant from:

© 2011. The Morton Arboretum

Children’s Activity Book

What does “endangered” mean for trees?

It means fewer of these trees will be part of the beauty and bounty of our world.

WORD SEARCH

Can you find the names of some endangered trees in the word search below?

Fraser FirPacific YewMagnolia

Dawn RedwoodMonkey Puzzle

Pau BrasilWild Apple

Big-Leaf Mahogony

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?

120 lbs.

1. Know your trees. Explore the trees in your neighborhood. Find a leaf in your yard or in a park and draw it below.

2. Recycle paper and cardboard! Recycling 120 pounds of paper saves one tree.

3. Plant a tree!

WORD SCRAMBLEGBI

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trees! Can you find the 6 differences between these two wild apple trees?

Trees like the wild apple tree make food for the world!

SPOT THE DIFFERENCES

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DOT TO DOT

Connect the dots to see what the magnolia tree is best known for.

Trees like the magnolia make the world more beautiful!

HIDDEN PICTURES

Northern flying

squirrel

Pygmy salamander

Spruce fir moss spider

Black cappedchickadee

Northern saw whet

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Can you find all 5 animals that depend on this Fraser fir to live?

TRACE THE PATH

Wild Apple Medicine

Big-Leaf Mahogony Furniture

Pacific Yew Musical Instrument

Apple PiePau Brasil

Trace the path from the tree to find out what product it gives us.

COLORING PAGE

Trees like Pacific yew make the world healthier. Medicine is made from the bark of the Pacific Yew.

Loss of Habitat

Pests

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Help the Junior Scientist plant an endangered tree sapling!Along the way, watch out for maze dangers like pests, invasive species, loss of habitat and deforestation.

MAZE

Deforestation

Invasive Species

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