The sounds of birds form the outdoor playlist of our lives. Birds appeal to the public, in part because of the wide variety of interesting sounds they make. This popularity has led to a long history of amateur participation in ornithology, which has recently produced rapid increases in freely available online databases with hundreds of thousands…

In this first of a two-part integrated unit for teaching young children about trees and forests, the authors present activities which sharpen awareness of trees by using the senses. (LZ)