Posted on May 18, 2020
Visit the Biggest Trees on Earth!
💡Skill: Learning about new places and things helps children build language skills, curiosity, and memory!
Description
Pack a picnic and our scavenger hunt printable and head out on a virtual field trip to see the biggest trees in the world — Giant Sequoias — right from home!
Materials
Steps
Here’s how to explain this activity to your child:
- Let’s grab a picnic and print/download our scavenger hunt printable.
- It’s time to go with your Noggin friends on a hike into the forest in California to see the biggest trees on Earth — the Giant Sequoias!
- These trees are giant pine trees: they start out as seedlings, grow into saplings, spire tops, mature trees … and then giants, whose trunks can be 30 feet wide and 250 feet tall. That’s the height of about 43 average height dads standing one on top of the other!
- What will we discover on our virtual hike?
Extend the Learning
Ready to go on a virtual tour to see the Giant Sequoias? Print, tour and then learn more by going on another virtual hike guided by a park ranger.
Words to Use
- Giant – very big
- Picnic – eating a meal outdoors
- Discover – to find something you didn’t expect
