- Title:
- Tree: Eyewitness Guide
- Summary:
- A superb guide to trees from around the world with beautiful photographs and illustrations.
- Author:
- David Burnie
- Publisher:
- Dorling Kindersley
- Type:
- Book (hardback) and TV-ROM
- ISBN:
- 0 86318 286 0
- Date of Publication:
- 1998
- Price:
- £9.99
- Available from:
- Customer Services, Penguin DK, Barn Road, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 ODA
Tel: 010 8757 4000
Email: dkfluk.enquiries@dk.com
- Curriculum Use:
- 5-14 (S1/S2)
- Standard Grade: Geography
- Standard Grade: Biology
- National Qualifications: Geography
- National Qualifications: Managing Environmental Resources
- National Qualifications: Biology
Description
What is the world's smallest tree, and where is it found?
How do trees attract birds to pollinate their flowers?
Which tree's bark was used by North American Indians for making canoes?
Why have tropical trees developed special buttress roots?
Which coniferous trees are deciduous?
What is the difference between hardwood and softwood?
All these questions, and more, are answered in Tree, an outstanding guide to many aspects of the fascinating world of trees.
The book is characterised by a series of specially commissioned photographs. All the beauty and variety of tree leaves, flowers, bark, fruit and seeds is revealed.
Ways to use
Use as a primary source of information on trees. It is very good for this level. Easily accessible with superb photographs and illustrations, it contains ideas for projects in school, e.g. collecting, drying, storing, sturdying, seasonal change.