Tree Teacher Resources

Students complete activity pages. In this factors lesson, students practice finding the factors of numbers. They discuss prime factors and prime factorization and learn how to complete a factor tree.

In this earth science worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to types of trees. There are 52 earth science terms located in the word search.

In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to the genus names of trees. There are 48 biology terms located in the word search.

Students investigate the basic parts of tree flowers and their role in pollination. They study the process of pollination and fertilization of flowers and trees.

Students identify and interpret the idea that apples grow on trees and that these apple trees change as the seasons change. Then they gain knowledge of seasonal changes through a creative art experience for the students. Students also...

For this identifying trees worksheet, students learn to identify 8 winter trees by their shapes. Students cut out flashcards with the name of the tree and its shape in silhouette.

Students investigate the seasons of the apple tree. In tree seasons lesson, students use a sun model and a globe to study the tilt of the Earth to create the seasons. Students discuss the tilt and the seasons. Students discuss...

Middle schoolers investigate the lives of trees by examining ring cycles.  In this plant life instructional activity, students identify the field of study known as dendrochronology and discover its history.  Middle schoolers...

Students examine the steps of maple sugar production and the labor and effort involved from the tree to the final product. They participate in a taste test game, and if they have access to maple trees, make their own syrup and sugar.

Eighth graders use their knowledge of calculating the volume of cylinders to calculate the volume of trees. For this volume lesson plan, 8th graders identify why calculating the volume of cylinders would be valuable to a forester.

Students identify how tall a tree is. In this measurement activity, students use "luminometers" to measure a tree and complete a data sheet.

Students investigate types of trees. In this forestry activity, students read the book The Mighty Oak and act out the story with a partner. Students discuss the types of trees in the book and plant an oak tree on school grounds.

Students study weather patterns and learn to make decisions based on the weather. In this weather instructional activity, students plan a potluck based on the weather. Students use a decision tree to brainstorm about the activity....

Students observe their local forest and document the change that occurs over the school year.  For this forestry lesson, students utilize a GPS to mark a certain area of the woods as their study area for the remainder of the year....

Students put coconut trees in order from numbers 1 through 10 that appear on each tree. In this ordering numbers lesson plan, students complete this activity after reading the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

In this finding probability activity, students use a tree diagram and a grid to discover the probabilities and possible answers. Students answer six problems.

Students problem solve to find the probability of each tree in a small forest to catch fire. For this probability lesson plan, students use the computer to complete this application.

Students complete the fable, "The Fish and the Fisherman" using a tree graph as a brainstorming exercise. The main goal of the lesson is to convince the fisherman to release the fish that he caught.

Students work in pairs and read an article about the pacific tree frogs being knocked out by the nonnative trout. In this invasive species instructional activity, students create a graphic organizer to record their findings. Once the...

Students explore the leaf as a design motif in art. They conduct Internet research on leaf and tree symbolism, view and discuss artwork, and create an original work of art featuring a leaf or leaf motif.

In this tracing a picture instructional activity, students practice tracing and retracing a picture of a palm tree with several leaves on a beach.

Students explore the culture of classical Greece by examining The Statue of Zeus at Olympia. In this Seven Wonders of the World lesson plan, students will expand their understanding of Greek mythology, the Olympics and the Greek Isles....

Students study the effects of deforestation. In this environmental instructional activity, students view a PowerPoint slideshow about the importance of trees. Students read The Lorax and discuss what the characters represent in our society.

Young scholars study word choice by authors.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the book The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown and discuss with their classmates the importance of an author's words.  Young...