Karen's slideshow

2. People Need Plants Plants provide US with: Food Fuel Fiber Medicine

3. Food !

4. Fiber!

5. Fuel! Biofuels Firewood Wood chip heating

6. Medicines and cosmetics

7. Animals Need Plants

8. How do animals use plants? Fawns hide Deer and moose eat Skunk Cabbage Ptarmigan chick hides Birds build nests

9. Plants Need Animals Animals need Plants

10. Plants need soil Soil Needs Plants

11. Earth’s oldest and largest living things are PLANTS! a 10,000 year old tree: the Bristlecone Pine in CA. How can these trees live so long? Parts of the tree can die off, and the rest of the tree can still keep living Can tolerate harsh conditions Has dense and resinous wood that resists rot, ice, wind

12. Some plants in Alaska are poisonous Baneberry Monks hood False Hellebore

13. Some plants in Alaska are rare and special Pinesap Lady Slipper Pink Monkey-Flower Spleenwort

14. It is impossible to think of a world without Plants

15. How can you learn more about plants? Know the local weeds and avoid planting them Ask questions at the Forest service about plants Photograph flowers Plant a garden Collect wild plant seeds to study Be a Bud Burst Buddy! Watch what insects do around plants Ask your family about the plants in your garden Collect fallen leaves or flowers to create art work Smell flowers Go outside and observe nature Use a microscope to look at plant parts Learn to use a field guide for identifying plants Get to Know your local botanist Draw and paint flowers in your garden