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JOiNt FORESt
MOvEMENt
ACTIVITY 4 u In India the JFM is a good example
TOUCH THE TREE of involving the local communities in
the process of management and the
restoration of the degraded forests.
M. Gayathri, X, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s
tREE autOGRaPH Public School, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad

From among the group of trees that you
can see around you, find:
1. The tree with the smoothest bark. SavE tHE tREE
2. The tree with the roughest bark. let’s make
a poster to
Can you identify these trees by name? protect your
Take impressions of different barks on
paper. This is the tree’s autograph. favourite tree.
here are
To take autographs of trees, hold a
blank sheet of paper steadily against some tips for
you to make
the bark. rub a crayon over the sheet
to get the impression of the bark. your poster interesting.
start with a good idea.

use colours, shapes to make it
attractive.
SENSE - a -tiONaL tREES
experiment with typography.
we experience the world through say more in less.
five different senses – sight,
sound, touch, smell and
taste.

First pick a tree which FORESt FictiON
you like.
hold one of its leaves
upto the light. look at
the shape of your leaf and
try to draw it. Does it have Illustration by: Venya, VIII-G, Delhi Public
School, Sec. 45, Gurgaon
ridges or is it smooth?
Crush the leaf in your hand and smell it. how would you
describe the smell? Now lightly put the tip of your tongue on
the edge of the crushed leaf. Does it have a taste (do it only
after studying the properties of the leaf, it can be poisonous)?

Close your eyes and touch the bark of the tree. let your fingers
sense its texture. is it smooth or rough? Does the bark have a
pattern? Name the
author of these
stand very still and listen. what sounds come from the tree? books.
are there any birds’ sounds? Do the leaves make a sound?
____________
Make a tree notebook and put down all your sense-a-tional ____________
observation of different trees. You will be surprised, how the
power of your senses helps you understand trees. ____________

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