A WORLD OF CURIOUS MINDS
Fire Helps
Fire helps giant sequoias by clearing the ground so their tiny seeds can sprout.
Source: NPS Yosemite: Fallen Green Cones of the Giant Sequoia
Adventure 12 · With Bella
Giant Sequoias
Bella's Amazing Fact
Fire helps giant sequoias by clearing the ground so their tiny seeds can sprout.
Can you spot…
- a child holding hands
- a sequoia cone
- a squirrel
Look for them in the picture, then try the online activities below.
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From the Amazing Facts page
Amazing Facts
Squirrel Helpers
Douglas squirrels love sequoia cones. As they eat, lots of seeds fall to the ground.
Source: NPS Yosemite: Fallen Green Cones of the Giant Sequoia
Ancient Giant
The General Sherman Tree is more than 2,000 years old.
Source: Wikipedia: General Sherman Tree (estimated 2,300 to 2,700 years)
Log Tunnel
In Sequoia National Park, you can go through a tunnel cut in a fallen sequoia.
Source: NPS: Tunnel LogEgg-Sized Cones
The biggest trees on Earth grow from cones only as big as a chicken egg!
Source: Pacific University: The Giant Sequoia
Mountain Home
Wild giant sequoias grow only on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada.
Source: Britannica: Giant sequoia
Giant Branch
One branch of General Sherman is almost 7 feet thick!
Source: NPS Sequoia & Kings Canyon: The General Sherman Tree (largest branch 6.8 ft)
Super Wide
General Sherman's trunk is over 36 feet wide at the bottom, wider than a two-lane road!
Source: NPS Sequoia & Kings Canyon: The General Sherman Tree (36.5 ft at base)
Online activities
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Color it in
To doColors
Can you spot?
To doFind each one in the picture and tick it off.
Fact match
To doWhich Amazing Fact is this?
Word puzzle
To doTap the letters in the right order. It's something you can spot in the picture!
Answers for grown-ups
- Fire helps giant sequoias by clearing the ground so their tiny seeds can sprout.
- Fire Helps
- Douglas squirrels love sequoia cones. As they eat, lots of seeds fall to the ground.
- Squirrel Helpers
- The General Sherman Tree is more than 2,000 years old.
- Ancient Giant
- Unscramble: NSADH
- HANDS
This is the QR code printed on the Adventure 12 coloring page.