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<strong>Moving</strong> <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Trees</strong> Pages 8–11PredictIt is now three months later and time to move the trees.What equipment will they need to do this?What will they need to do to the trees once they havemoved them?Read to the end of page 11.ReflectHow did they move the trees?Where were the trees stored?What did they have to do to them each day?Observe and supportCan the child provide an opinion about whethertrees should be moved?Do you think that trees should be moved? Why?6
After three months, it was time to move the trees.Rob and his team strapped a harness around theroots of each tree. The harness kept the soil and theroots together. This helped the trees to stay alive.The trees were very heavy. A big crane was used tolift each tree out of the ground and onto a truck.8 9The trees were taken on low-loading trucksto a nearby roadside.The team stored the trees safely by the side of theroad for several months.They watered them every day.The root ball of this bigtree is almost as heavy asthe rest of the tree.117
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