All of the types and categories of common trees and shrubs are included in this guide to types, tools, and results of pruning.  Ways to increase  budding, or to thin-out foliage are described. The summaries are complete, but...

Students explore plant biology by conducting a light sensitivity experiment in class. In this wintergreen tree instructional activity, students discuss how specific species of trees can grow in the dead of winter by identifying the...

Students explore environments by analyzing food chains. For this biome identification lesson, students define a list of environmental vocabulary terms such as tundra, rain-forest and desert. Students create a fictional self sustainable...

Students observe differences in tree leaves leading them to an understanding of the terms deciduous, evergreen, and coniferous. Children will compare and contrast leaves and then, viewing a chart key, use what they know to help them...

Understand the science behind why leaves change throughout the seasons. Why don't pine trees lose their needles?