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Students learn about the importance of Big Trees and use mathematical operations to identify Big Trees.

Inquire: Students learn about and discuss the importance of trees.
Investigate: Students use multi-digit subtraction to find the range in the size of Big Trees for their county.
Inspire: Students determine mathematical criteria for what makes a Big Tree.
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Subject Mathematics
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Students use a hands-on approach to determine if the trees in their schoolyard are Big Trees.

Inquire: Students develop a procedure to determine if the trees in their schoolyard would be eligible for inclusion in the NJ Forest Service “Big and Heritage Tree” database.
Investigate: Students measure and estimate the size of the trees, then convert those measurements from inches to feet.
Inspire: Students compare, using greater or less than terminology, to identify if any of the trees measured are Big Trees.
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Subject Mathematics
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Students use the data collected to create visual representations of data sets and compare that data to other data collected in New Jersey.

Inquire: Students practice making a line plot as a class.
Investigate: Students create line plots of the data they collected and the data from the NJ Forestry Big and Heritage Tree databases.
Inspire: Students determine how trees protect their campus from erosion and spread awareness about the importance of these trees.
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Subject Mathematics
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