"All these trees are one being, called by one name: Pando. In the old language of Latin, its name means 'I spread.' And spread Pando has."

Content Area Connections:

Language Arts:Determine main idea and key details in informational text, explain how text features and illustrations support understanding, ask and answer questions to clarify meaning, and write informative or explanatory responses using evidence.
Social Studies: Utah studies, Utah geography
Social Emotional:Environmental responsibility, interconnectedness, stewardship, curiosity, appreciation for natural communities.
Science/STEM: life cycle of trees, living communities, Utah ecosystems, environmental concerns
Art: Ask and answer questions about the illustrations, create their own versions of Aspen trees

Primary Source Connection: 

• Article with details about quaking aspens
• Flag redesign artwork  
• 2006 US postal service stamp that highlights the aspen 
• Photographs of aspens and Fishlake National Forest 
• Pando Map 

Other Books: 

• Mother Aspen
• The Aspen Tree
• Quaking Aspens