Welcome to the Trans-Canadian Research and Environmental Education (TREE) website, done in partnership between the Mistik Askiwin Dendrochronology (MAD) Laboratory and the Canadian Light Source (CLS), both on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
We acknowledge that the campus is located on Treaty Six land in the traditional territories of the Nêhiyawak (Cree), Anishinabek, Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Nations, and the homeland of the Métis. As educators, we respect Indigenous Ways of Knowing and oral traditions. We dedicate ourselves to moving forward in the spirit of partnership, reconciliation, and collaboration. With the TREE program, students from across Canada can be part of a national research program to study the environmental history of their own community.
Data
Join our Research Team as they study tree growth and the connection to chemical composition in trembling aspen tree cores and soil near the tree.
Connect this data to a timeline of environmental events that have impacted your community. See our data pages or Module 2 for timeline info!
Resources
- View resources and lessons plans, originally written to connect to Grade 8 curriculum but easily can be adapted to suit Gr. 6-12 classes!
- Check out our instructional videos as well!
- Or connect with us and we can work with you on adapting or making a connection to the researchers!
Curriculum
- Students can learn about life and nutrient cycles of trees, apply that knowledge to decipher their data from the tree rings, and learn how soil plays a role!
- Various STEM connections and social studies with Indigenous perspectives to be made!
- Registration open all year. Check out our calendar to see when TREE kits are booked.
Participation
Participation in this program requires that you commit to helping your students discover the environmental history of your community (constructing a timeline), registering with us to schedule delivery of equipment, collecting and sending to us at least 2 trembling aspen tree cores with associated soil samples according to instructions and the timeline you have created, and then sending the kit, samples, and timeline back to us. There is no cost! The TREE program is offered with the generous support of PromoScience (a program of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada).
Canadian Light Source Education Team
Website: https://www.lightsource.ca/education.html
Phone: (306) 657-3525
Email: education@lightsource.ca
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