1. 1 st Period Ecology Shaunna Gleeson Katie Keller

5. Tree strong majestic standing living being provider guardian beauty gate-keeping growing protecting important ignored youngster

6. Sycamores Through the Seasons Winter Spring

7. Summer Fall

8. What Our Tree Will Look Like When Fully Grown: The Crown (canopy) of this Sycamore, located at Quarry Park in Charlottesville, is the second largest in Virginia! Circumference: 184 inches Height: 115 feet Crown spread: 119 feet

9. Fully Grown Sycamore (cont.)

11. Wrap Up: The best things about our sycamore? It’s still very young, so it will be around for a long time for other students to adopt and enjoy! What did we enjoy about this project? not having to sit in the classroom very much while working on it Researching the tree to find out things we may not have known just by looking at it

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