Ceistean Mu Ahraobhan (Questions About Trees) (in the wild)
Ceistean mu chraobhan
Coimhead mun cuairt, chì thu craobhan anns gach ait’.
A bheil iad beag no mòr? A bheil iad tana to tiugh?
Tiugainn! Thèid sinn uile a-muigh!
Ceistean gu leòr ri fhreagairt an-diugh!Cia mheud duilleag a th’ orra? Ciamar a gheibh sinn a-mach?
Dh’ fheuch sinn ri cunntadh, ach chaidh sinn uile ceàrr!
Dè mu dheidhinn tuairmse? Cia mheud air gach geug?
Uiread de na geugan, dh’obraich sin nas fheàrr!A bheil iad àrd no ìosal? Ciamar a gheibh sinn a-mach?
Ruilear? Maide-meatair? Dè chuireas sinn gu feum?
Cleachdaidh sinn àradh ‘s teip tomhais
‘S cha bhi againne ri leum!A bheil iad ag atharrachadh? Ciamar a gheibh sinn a-mach?
Smaoinich air na ràithean, ‘s a’ bhliadhn’ a’ dol seachad.
Tha iad uaireannan cruinn ‘s uaireannan caol
Tha iad uaireannan molach, ‘s uaireanan maol.Cia mheud a chì sinn? Ciamar a gheibh sinn a-mach?
Cleachdaidh sinn clàr, ‘s cleachdaidh sinn ar cinn.
Diofar seòrsa chraobhan anns gach cearnaidh.
Tha sinne a’ cunntadh cheudan!Questions about trees
Look around, you can see trees everywhere
Are they small or big? Are they think or thick?
Come on! Let’s go outside.
Lots of questions to answer today.How many leaves do they have? How will we find out?
We tried to count but we all went wrong.
What about an estimate? How many on each branch?
Multiply the branches, that worked better.Are they tall or short? How will we find out?
Ruler? Metre stick? What will we use?
We’ll use a ladder and a tape measure
Then we won’t have to jump!
Do they change? How will we find out?
We’ll think about the seasons, the year going past.
Sometimes rounded, sometimes narrow
Sometimes bushy, sometimes bald.How many can we see? How will we find out?
We’ll use a graph and our brains
Different types of trees in different places
We can count hundreds!
— Sgoil Stafainn — GM 3–4 (P4)