First World War
First World war.com: Prose & Poetry Alfred Joyce Kilmer
Informative but brief biography, and text version of Trees and Prayer of a Soldier in France. Site includes a photography of Kilmer (1886-1918 CE).
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Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Gardens: Proper Tree Planting Techniques [Pdf]
This article instructs you on the basics of planting a tree. Topics include: choosing the right tree, preparing the site for planting, planting the tree and after care.
Royal Botanic Gardens
Plant Cultures: Sandalwood Trees
Did you know that sandalwood trees are semi-parisitic? They tap into the nutrient supply of nearby plants. You will find other interesting facts about sandalwood trees in this informative site.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Tree Trivia! Can You Pass This Test?
This site provides a fun and challenging trivia quiz. Will test your knowledge of trees. Grades 4-8.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Why Are Trees Important?
After reading about trees and having a class discussion, students go to a local park to observe trees and collect leaves. Back in class, the leaves are sorted and identified to see what tree types are most common. Additional ideas for...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Thank You, Trees!
After watching the "Thank You, Trees" episode of PBS Kids' Plum Landing, students will draw a picture of their favorite trees and publish them online. Then students will write "thank you" notes to the trees for what they provide.
Other
42 Explore: Trees and Forests
This is a site with links covering multiple areas of tree and plant study. Great illustrations and information.
Other
Redwood National Park
This site has interesting facts and figures associated with the Redwood Tree. Numerous images of towering redwoods and scenic overlooks are posted here. Links to other interesting park features are also available.
Other
Catch the Science Bug: Measuring the Age of Trees [Pdf]
Following the instructions, measure the trees in your yard to find their age, then record the findings on the data collection sheet.
Middle School Science
Middle School Science: Observing Tree Rings
In the lab experiment site, you will determine the age of a tree, see if you can determine what years had more precipitation than others, and label the cross section of a tree: bark, heartwood, sapwood, and rings.
Other
British Trees
Offers information about trees that are native to Britain. It gives a tree guide, with common and Latin names, and it has pictures of each of the trees and seeds. It also offers links to other sites about vegetation in Enlgland.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Trees
Kids learn more about the science of trees. Towering plants that help our planet.
Other
Perspective: The Plant Kingdom
Did you know their are about 270,000 plant species? This webpage investigates the phyla of the plant kingdom. Learn how plants are classified based on their tissue structure, seed structure, and stature. Each division is described with...
EL Education
El Education: 2005 Tree Calendar
This is a calendar created by kindergarten students after studying about trees. The students drew pictures of trees for each month to fit the season, wrote an informative statement, and created the calendar.
EL Education
El Education: A Park Grows in Portland
This field guide was a cross curricular project created by 7th grade students in Portland, Maine. Students engaged in multiple fieldwork visits to the Deering Park (across the street), during which they observed trees, recording with...
Other
Woodland Trust: Nature Detectives
Become a nature detective when you join the wildlife club. There are an abundance of activities to do, fun things to create, games and puzzles to play, and much more all designed to help you become a nature expert.
Royal Botanic Gardens
Plant Cultures: Banyan Trees
This thorough resource provides an introduction to the banyan tree, plant profile, history, medicinal uses, and more. Pictures supplement the text.
Other
Trees for the Future
Trees for the Future promotes and supports reforestation and environmentally sustainable land use, in cooperation with local groups and individuals in their own communities around the world.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Arbor Day
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduce Arbor Day to Kindergarteners. It contains embedded web links that promote student interaction with question/answer options, and the flipchart pages allow students to use the pen...
Michigan Reach Out
Reach Out Michigan: Have You Ever Met a Tree
This lesson plan has learners identify trees, perform bark rubbings and sketches, collect leaves, and then introduce a tree to their classmates.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Portia Tree
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Portia Trees (Thespesia populnea), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be...
Other
Morton Arboretum
At the online home of the Morton Arboretum (Lisle, Illinois), learn about its programs, resources, collections, gardens, and special invents.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: My Life as a Tree
This lesson plan introduces students to three parts of a tree and how they function. Extensions can be easily added such as studying the tree rings for evidence of disease, fire, and other detrimental effects on a tree.
