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Lesson Plan
National Wildlife Federation

Tree Detectives!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Trees may look pretty similar until you take a closer look. Young scientists use their observation skills to describe the difference between the bark, leaves, and seeds of different trees. They then use a field guide to identify local...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Wildlife Federation

Leaf Creatures

For Teachers K - 4th
The structure of a leaf reveals a lot about the plant it comes from. Young scholars collect and prepare leaves for comparison. After pressing the leaves, they identify the different parts and then use the leaves to complete an art project.
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Organizer
Curriculum Corner

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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Activity
Science Education Resource Center

Compare and Contrast deciduous and evergreen tree leaves to aid in tree identification

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Boost observational skills and get to know the difference between deciduous, coniferous, and evergreen trees with a lesson that challenges scholars to compare, contrast, identify, sort, and draw their findings.   
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Tree is That?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine leaves and the trees in their neighborhood that they came from.  In this ecology lesson, students read the book, I Can Name 50 Trees Today, and discuss how a tree goes from a forest to a wood shop.  Students find a tree...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tree and Leaf Terminology

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders draw leaves. In this tree and leaf identification lesson, 3rd graders find 4 or 5 trees that are on their home property and collect samples from them. Students work in groups to identify the leaves and compare those answers...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Leaf ID and Leaf Bingo

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the parts of a leaf and use a dichotomy key to identify leaves. In this biology lesson, learners study characteristics of various leaves and play a game of bingo to identify leaves by their traits. Students find and...
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Activity
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Temperate Deciduous Forest Leaf Identification

For Students 9th - 10th
You identify deciduous trees by the shapes of their leaves. Link to complete tutorial on types of leaves.
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Handout
Other

North Dakota State University: A Guide to Deciduous Tress

For Students 9th - 10th
Tutorial on deciduous tree identification. Diagrams and descriptions of the four major deciduous tree groups.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Classify the Trees/leaves

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students go outside to look for trees and gather leaves. Working cooperatively they will sort and try to classify the trees by the characteristics of their leaves.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Touch and Feel: Plant Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This introductory instructional activity centers on getting hands-on before getting drug into the vocabulary and nomenclature. In cooperative learning groups students will describe leaves in simple terms. Then, students will use various...