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Coniferous and Deciduous Trees

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
What are the differences between coniferous and deciduous trees? Supplement your tree lessons with a set of activities that has learners describing, naming, comparing, and reading about deciduous and coniferous trees. The activities are...
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Trees

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars explore tree species based on their features. In this tree activity, students visit a wooded area and work with a partner to describe distinctive features of trees using all of the senses except "sight." A discovery...
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Community Tree Contest

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students observe trees in their neighborhood. They practice tree identification and incorporate math skills to determine the winner of a 'Tree-mendous Tree' contest in which they determine which is the biggest tree.
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Temperate Forest: Comparing Deciduous and Evergreen Trees

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students  compare deciduous and evergreen trees. In this tree lesson, students list the differences between these two species of trees.
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Coniferous Trees

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
A lovely presentation featuring information about coniferous trees awaits your class. Learners compare and contrast coniferous and deciduous trees. The presentation also includes slides about pinecones and examples of coniferous trees....
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Producers -- Focus on Trees

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners examine the needs of trees and plants. In this forest ecosystem lesson students use seedlings to investigate the basic necessities of plants. They discuss the consequences of these basic needs not being met.
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My Tree Book

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners "adopt" a tree and throughout the year record and examine its characteristics and the changes that it goes through.
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Comparing Deciduous and Evergreen Trees

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners investigate nature by identifying different plants and trees. In this environmental field trip, students participate in a British Columbia expedition in which they identify cedar, pine, hemlock and Douglas fir trees. Learners...
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Trees, Trees, Trees!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students increase their awareness and knowledge of trees. They be involved within the world around them at home and at school and hopefully become caretakers of their environment. They adopt a tree of their choice and research it.
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Fields, Meadows, and Hedgerows: Trees, Bushes, and Plants

For Students 4th - 8th
In this trees, bushes, and plants worksheet, students gather facts and answer short answer questions about trees, bushes, and plants. Students complete 8 questions total.
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Trees: The Inside Story

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore trees. In this math lesson, students identify the basic parts of trees. Students create a model of a tree and label the parts.
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Tree Identification

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this tree identification worksheet, students collect samples from different trees and identify them using the deciduous tree guide or the conifer key.
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Lesson Five: Identifying Christmas Trees

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Stuudents distinguish between pines, spruces and firs they may see in their homes, by recognizing key characteristics such as shape, arrangement of needles and colouring. They recognize these same characteristics in trees growing outside.
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Forest Communities

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify tree specimens.  In this tree specimens lesson, students collect different parts of a tree from the areas around the school or their home.  They then work in groups to create booklet that identifies tree specimens. 
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Bursting Blooms- Create an Early Spring

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars prune a tree.  In this gardening instructional activity, students select a shrub or tree that has a lot of flower buds and use sharp pruners to cut sections of branches.  Young scholars place the cuttings into cool water...
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Ecology: Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the defintions of renewale and nonrenewable resources and discuss any incorrect responses. They view a sample of work for the class to see which they describe posting responses on the board in their respective columns...
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Forest Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Forests are briefly defined and broken down into four different types in this PowerPoint. Facts and photos are provided for each type, including: deciduous, tropical rain, coastal, and coniferous forests. This is a wonderful presentation...
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The Kapok (Ceiba) Tree

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the rainforest. They listen to The Great Kapok Tree and create a web using Inspiration software. They research kapok trees and create posters to make others aware of the plight of the rainforest. They role-play the...
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Western Red Cedar

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the First Nations uses of the Western Cedar tree. In this nature lesson students compare and identify four conifer species. The students go on a nature walk.
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Trees and Their Parts

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research trees and their parts. In this forestry lesson, students participate in various learning stations to identify trees by matching the photographs of the tree to the correct name.
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Trees, Trees, Trees! - Adopt A Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students adopt a tree, take a bark rubbing from that tree, and conduct research about that type of tree. They write an original piece about their tree using three facts and in a genre of their choice.
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Autumn Arrays

For Teachers K - 6th
Autumn is a time for nature to get ready for the upcoming winter. After listening to the book Time to Sleep about the changes of deciduous trees in the fall, learners monitor a tree on a daily basis and view photos of fall foliage online.
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Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the function of roots, trunk, crown, bark, cambium heartwood, and leaves of a tree. They create a tree diagram and label roots, trunk, crown, bark, cambium heartwood and leaves when shown a list of parts and an...
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What's in Our Woods?

For Teachers K - 12th
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....

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