Resources for Activity 76: Tree Cookies

Student Pages
Tree Rings
Reading Tree Cookies

Urban and Community Forestry Website Connections
www.plt.org/cms/urbanforestry

Earth & Sky Radio Correlations
This activity can be supplemented with related Earth & Sky radio shows that you can download for use in your classroom. Learn about the PLT and Earth & Sky Initiative.

Related Earth & Sky Shows:
 - Edward Cook Says U.S. Southwest May Suffer Sustained Drought

Additional Resources
Tree Ring Questions

Read the article In Search of the Perfect Tree Cookie to help complete Activity 76

Identifying types of end grain in tree cookies (scroll to second page)

How to Make Tree Cookies

Information on Tree Cookies:
http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/default.html

Places Where You Can Buy Tree Cookies:
http://www.museumproducts.net/

www.acornnaturalists.com (Acorn Naturalists may refer to them as "tree rounds" though)

www.nature-watch.com (Tree cookies are called tree disks, a pack of 25 is $13.00)

http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/resources.htm#Educ