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Christmas-Tree-Shaped Poem Cards
Students create holiday cards with poems in the shape of a Christmas tree. The poems tell how students spread joy this holiday season.
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The Lorax
Third graders identify and list five problems presented in The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. They relate these problems to current environmental issues and debate how to make a difference then participate in different activities to improve their...
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I Wood if I Could
Tenth graders investigate the process of how specific products are made from trees. For this chemistry instructional activity, groups of students must choose among ice cream, bubble gum, paper, toothpaste and lipstick. They research,...
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Fun with Phylogenetic Trees
Tenth graders differentiate angiosperms and gymnosperms. In this biology instructional activity, 10th graders construct a musical phylogenetic tree from information they gathered on resource websites. They present their project in class.
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Sugar Bush Sap Production - Human Environmental Impact on Sap Sand
Eleventh graders compare the amount of sugar sand present in tree sap. In this environmental science instructional activity, 11th graders measure different tree circumference. They prepare a report and share findings in class.
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Mountain Pine Beetle
Young scholars identify the different parts of a tree. In this biology lesson, students investigate how mountain pine beetles kill trees. They examine the beetles' anatomy using a microscope.
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A Tough Nut to Crack
Students study the origins and background of the pecan. In this agriculture lesson students divide into groups, complete an activity and worksheets.
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How Does a Tree Grow?
Eighth graders learn about the life of a tree. In this tree growth lesson, 8th graders discuss and dramatize the life of a tree from seed to trunk. There are no
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Tree-Mendous!
Students classify trees. In this tree-mendous lesson, students categorize a variety of trees to assist them in playing a Jeopardy like game. Students identify new vocabulary terms and classify the uses and benefits of trees for humans.
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School Forest Lesson- Looking at Literature
Students compare what they learned though literature to the school forest. In this environment lesson, students visit the forest surrounding their school to listen to literature and identify objects in nature. Students create a display...
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Our Friends the Trees
Pupils build an animal habitat. In this animal habitats lesson, students create dead-wood habitats and observe the habitat over a period of weeks.
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Tree Encounters of the Close Kind
Learners write an imaginative paragraph from the perspective of a tree. In this environmental awareness lesson, students observe a tree and brainstorm a list of adjectives to describe their tree. Using this list, learners write an...
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Tree Identification
In this tree identification worksheet, learners collect samples from different trees and identify them using the deciduous tree guide or the conifer key.
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Get in Touch With Trees
In this five senses worksheet, learners complete several activities that help them improve their sense of touch and learn about their environment.
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Look at Those Leaves!
Students research tree leaves. In this tree leaves instructional activity, students observe, measure, and sort tree leaves. Students examine leaves individually, in groups, and in relationship to the entire tree.
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Arbor Day Missing Letter Spelling Worksheet
In this Arbor Day spelling worksheet, students fill in the missing letter in ten words that pertain to trees and the celebration of Arbor Day.
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Arbor Day Alphabetic Order Worksheet
In this Arbor Day vocabulary worksheet, students analyze ten words in a list that pertain to trees and Arbor Day. Students alphabetize the words. Note: The word "prairie" appears twice in the list. The title is spelled wrong.
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Trees and Their Parts
Students research trees and their parts. In this forestry instructional activity, students participate in various learning stations to identify trees by matching the photographs of the tree to the correct name.
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Learning About Trees
Students identify the parts of a tree. In this earth science lesson, students draw a tree on construction paper and label the parts of the tree.
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Arbor Day
In this Arbor Day worksheet, 4th graders use a short passage and dialog for ESL skills. Students read about two people planting a tree and create a dialog and conversation about what they have read.
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Evergreen Trees & Softwood
In this earth science worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to evergreen trees and other softwood trees. There are 26 earth science terms located in the word search.
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Natural Vegetation
In this earth science activity, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to natural vegetation. There are 21 earth science terms located in the word search.
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Picture Scramble: Black-winged Damselfly, Balsam Poplar, Yellowjacket
In this science and visual discrimination worksheet, pupils examine images of a damselfly, balsam poplar and a yellowjacket. Next to each picture is the same image which has been divided into 9 pieces and scrambled. Students place the...
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I Can Rhyme
In this language arts worksheet, 1st graders think of words that rhyme with each underlined word. Then they write as many as they can on the lines provide for each of the four words.