Tree Teacher Resources

Third graders practice using classification techniques to identify local trees.  In this plant life instructional activity, 3rd graders discuss how trees differ from other plants and what characteristics are unique to trees alone....

Fourth graders explore the uses of trees, In this trees lesson, 4th graders discover the uses of trees and how we use them everyday. Students collect items and decide if they are made from trees, have a scavenger hunt for wood products...

Sixth graders observe school ground trees planted nearly 3 decades ago.  For this ecology lesson, 6th graders examine a group of trees planted near their campus and measure the diameter, circumference and growth of the tree compared...

In this math and ecology worksheet, students read about the number of paper bags that can be made from a tree. Students fill out a chart in which the number of trees used to make paper bags for a week and a year is calculated for 5...

Students weigh the uses of the yum yum tree against the problem of conserving them. In this conservation instructional activity, groups of students discuss and make suggestion to conserve the yum, yum trees. Students apply knowledge to...

Fifth graders create synonym trees by writing their main word on the tree trunk and gluing synonym words to represent the leaves. In this synonyms lesson plan, 5th graders play a class game where they must find a partner who has a...

Students explore the decision-making in the context of a rugby club who have made rapid progress up the league structure. They construct a decision tree using the information given and calculate a final value to make quantitative...

In this shapes instructional activity, students identify and name 6 different shapes by utilizing a binary tree (flow chart) to answer questions and guide them to their appropriate answers.

In this Trees Word Search activity, students find 14 words related to trees in a leaf-shaped wordsearch. Example words include maple, roots, and soil.

In this online interactive literature instructional activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students answer six short essay questions that pertain to chapter 5 of Magic Tree House: Afternoon on the Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne.

Students practice recognizing the letters in the alphabet. They create leaves of coconut trees out of cans and use magnetic letters to retell a story they heard before.

In this more trees in a row worksheet, 6th graders review one similar puzzle then solve a new one about planting 10 tress in 4 rows of 5.

Students relate slopes, and functions to real life. In this algebra instructional activity, students investigate slopes through an activity that deals with pulling a basket up and down a tree house. They graph their findings to determine...

Use tree diagrams with multiple branches to calculate the probabilities of compound events. Pupils use tree diagrams to find the sample space for probability problems and use them to determine the probability of compound events in the...

Scholars explore revolutionary relationships among organisms through phylogenetics. Using cladograms, or an evolutionary tree, the narrator shows viewers how organisms are created through morphological (analysis of number of heart...

Did you know there are many types of evergreen trees? Learn about three very similar evergreens and the characteristics of each in a video about evergreen identification.

Let's find a way to determine how many there are. Given a diagram of trees on a plantation, pupils devise a way to estimate the number of old and new trees. Using their methods, learners create estimates for the number of the two types...

How many trees should we plant? Using an interactive as a manipulative, individuals find the mean, median, and mode for sets of data. They determine the number of trees to plant in each plot of land to reach a statistical goal.

Pairs or small groups work together to determine the height of a tree using similar triangles. Learners make a judgement which direction to let a tree fall to avoid hitting any structures. They then write letters to the principal...

Learners use a ruler to make measurements, and to create triangles and a rectangle. They take the shapes they've made and assemble them into an evergreen tree image. This simple, yet effective, lesson would be ideal for young learners...

Chemical reactions can be beautiful. Show your learners how to make a crystal tree using cardboard, food coloring, Mrs. Stuart's Bluing, ammonia, and salt. Use this activity to demonstrate crystal growth within Earth. The results are...