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Identifying Wyoming Trees

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify trees based from their leaves. In this leaf lesson plan, students use The Rocky Mountain Tree Finder by Tom Watts in order to identify tree leaves. They look for leaf shapes, veins, and structure.
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Tree ID Booklet

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars make a booklet of leaves they find and identify the tree they came from. In this tree identification lesson plan, students research the leaves on the internet to determine the tree they come from.
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I Love Trees: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition activity, students trace the words "I Love Trees!," write the words independently, and color the picture of a tree.
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Plant a Tree: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the phrase, "Plant a Tree," write the phrase independently, and color the picture of the tree plant.
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Seeds and Trees Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate various tree leaves and use a dichotomous key to classify the leaves. In this leaf classification lesson, students study various types of leaves and their Genus. Students record observations for each Genus.
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Our Friends the Trees

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore trees and learn about their importance to the environment. In this tree study lesson, students work in groups to complete a tree survey, a map for the survey, and several worksheets about the tree topics. students make a...
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Forests/Natural Resource Management II

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write about the importance of trees. In this natural resources lesson, students look at deforestation occurring across the globe and present what they learned to the class. As closure, all students write a poem about the...
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Adopt a Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students adopt tress on their school campus for scientific observation purposes. In this tree science lesson, students adopt a tree at their school, observe the season changes for the tree, and create a PowerPoint presentation about the...
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Tree Growth

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students fill in a diagram. In this tree growth lesson, students view a model of a tree, learn how trees grow and explore the layers of a tree. Students complete a diagram where they label the layers of a tree.
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Trees Are More Than Wood

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students complete a worksheet. In this trees lesson, students discuss the different types of trees and complete an activity sheet relating to tree shape, survival and their environment.
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Build a Forest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss various types of trees. In this forest structure lesson, students cut out pictures of a wide variety of trees and paste the pictures onto index cards. Students identify each tree and present information about each forest...
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Explorit's Tree Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
In this online interactive tree quiz worksheet, students respond to 6 questions. Students may check their answers for accuracy.
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Habits of Mind

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study tree leaves to complete the activity, In this tree leaf experiment lesson, students observe, measure, and sort tree leaves individually, in groups, and in relationship to the entire tree.
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Arbor Day Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Arbor Day vocabulary learning exercise, students draw lines to match ten words pertaining to trees to their definitions. Some prior knowledge or research is assumed.
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If I Were A ...? Worksheet (Arbor Day)

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Arbor Day worksheet, students choose any type of tree and pretend they are that plant as they answer 4 short essay questions and draw what they look like.
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Nurse Log Raising Baby Trees

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this trees worksheet, students read a passage about the role of nurse logs in forest recycling and examine a detailed picture. Students then answer six short essay questions about the text and picture.
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A Planting We Will Go

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils explore how to transplant trees in their community. In this citizenship lesson, students construct a map of where to plant trees and then plant the trees.
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Trees, Trees, Trees

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this tree types spelling instructional activity, students match the 4 tree names with the leaf shapes. The blank letter boxes may be used by students to help them match correctly.
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Data-gathering Activities Relating to Trees in Their Environment

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students gather data relating to trees in their environment. In this biology lesson plan, students determine heights of trees and their ages. A canopy map will indicate optimal growing areas for the tree.
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Word Search #7

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In ELL, word search worksheet, students search for 4 words related to trees and then list the words in 4 fill in the blank spaces provided.
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Let's Measure Trees

For Students 5th - 8th
In this trees instructional activity, learners show their understanding of measurement by solving 6 fill in the blank problems for distance, girth, and height.
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Terrific Trees Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this trees worksheet, students search the Internet to access one specific website to find the answers to five true and false statements about the importance of trees to the environment.
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The Seasons of Trees

For Students K - 1st
In this seasonal activity, students analyze how a tree looks during each of the 4 seasons. Using the labeled tree black line drawings, students decorate the trees according to how they would look in spring, summer, fall and winter.
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Introduction to Time

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the concept of time. Through discussion and artistic projects, they define time in their own words and tell how it is used to represent the seasons. Students draw a picture to portray time as it elapses during the...