As part of our inter-disciplinary learning, we went outdoors into the Wildlife Area to measure trees and estimate their age. We worked in pairs, using our critical thinking,, communicating, focus and curiosity meta skills. We used the formula –
circumference divided by pi = diameter
Then, we took the diameter and multiplied that by the growth factor to come up with an estimate for tree age. We couldn’t be sure what the growth factor was for each tree, so we used 1.5 or 2 or 2.5 to estimate the tree age. It was fun!
