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Object of the Week for April 25

Listen to the Trees

This fossil slab of a sequoia tree grew in what’s now central Oregon about 16 million years ago. Each ring in a tree represent one year passed - around 260 total- in the tree's life, and it is now displayed in Deep Time at NMNH.

The Maple Tree - Okwire'shon:'a - Ahkwesashne Freedom School

Links

  1. Imagine Peace: A Virtual Wishtree for Washington, DC
  2. Look Closer: USPS Arbor Day stamp at National Postal Musem
  3. Explore: John Grade's Middle Fork - a tree modeled from and made of trees
  4. Read About It: Smithsonian Gardens digs into the long history of Arbor Day
  5. If you dig the earth.... What would your button say?
  6. Play: Arbor Day Foundation's Kids Corner