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Seasons

For Teachers K
Students explore the four seasons. In this seasons lesson, students create a class tree. Students make leaves for the tree for each of the seasons. Students mark their paper into fourths and draw a picture of the seasons.
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Tree Identification

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students list four ways to identify trees. For this tree identification instructional activity, students use tree identification techniques such as leafs, bark, wood grain, soil type, and climate to create tables and graphs.
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How Appropriate is that Tree?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify trees and their environments using a dichotomous chart.  In this exploratory lesson plan students use the Internet to identify conditions needed for the trees and what the climate is in their area. 
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Learning About Trees

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students complete activities about trees. In this tree activities instructional activity, students draw and label the different parts of a tree. Students write about the different parts and purpose of the tree.
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Harvesting of Trees: Library Media Center Resources

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research harvesting of trees in the United States and write a summary.  For this informative lesson students state whether they agree or disagree with an article and write a summary on why. 
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Where'd You Get That Paper and Pencil?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make a poster display of objects made from trees. In this wood products lesson, 3rd graders read "The Giving Tree," discuss things that are produced from trees and watch the videos "Let's Make a Pencil," and "How Paper is...
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Trees word search

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this trees worksheet, students search for names of trees in a word search. Students search for 14 names of trees in the word search.
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Ways We Use Trees

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students use the Internet to find the ways we use trees. In this tree lesson, students make a list of the uses of trees and find magazine pictures that show these uses to make a collage. They read The Giving Tree  by Shel...
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How Old is that Cookie?

For Teachers K - 6th
Students investigate adaptation.  In this cookie age activity, students examine changes and variations in chocolate chips in cookies in preparation for determining the age of trees using lines.  Students discuss how the age of...
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Sorting and Classifying with Tree Products

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders sort and classify wood.  In this sorting tree products lesson, 4th graders sort and classify tree parts and pieces of wood, both natural and manufactured according to their properties. 
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Schoolyard Field Guide

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe, plan, research, and create a field guide for the trees that are in their schoolyard. In this trees lesson plan, 4th graders make careful observations of what they see around their school and create a guide.
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Trees: Are They Thriving or Surviving?

For Teachers 8th
In this trees survival lesson plan, 8th graders discuss what trees need to grow, brainstorm things that could adversely affect tree growth, and compare characteristics of thriving trees vs. surviving trees. Students learn about the...
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Trees of our Forests

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use a field guide in order to identify trees. In this trees lesson plan, students classify the trees that they identify based on their relationships. Young scholars take a trip outdoors to look at trees.
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Getting to Know the Products from Trees

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this tree products lesson, young scholars read the book Tell Me,Tree: All About Trees for Kids, discuss how people make products from wood, define producers and consumers and then go on a treasure hunt for wood products at home and...
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Tree Identification to Observe Diversity of a Given Nature Area

For Teachers 2nd
In this tree identification instructional activity, 2nd graders read A Tree is Growing, discuss what makes up a forest, brainstorm characteristics of leaves, gather samples of leaves and examine their samples. Students will sort leaves...
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A Tree is an Ecosystem

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students make observations about trees. In this ecosystem lesson plan, students observe and record all living and non living things they find under a tree, look for birds nests, evidence of woodpeckers and take samples such as leafs,...
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Life As A Tree

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders design a plate to represent the three parts of a tree. In this tree parts lesson plan, 3rd graders learn about the functions of each part and design the plate to resemble the rings of the tree.
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We All Need Trees

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a guessing game. In this tree products instructional activity, students view various household items and try to determine if they were made from trees. They discuss their findings and then read books about trees.
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Wood is Everywhere!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders diagram and label the parts of a tree. For this lesson plan on how trees obtain food, 5th graders diagram and label the parts of a tree, and determine the diameter, height, and age of a tree.
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Identifying Wyoming Trees

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify trees based from their leaves. In this leaf lesson plan, students use The Rocky Mountain Tree Finder by Tom Watts in order to identify tree leaves. They look for leaf shapes, veins, and structure.
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Tree ID Booklet

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars make a booklet of leaves they find and identify the tree they came from. In this tree identification lesson plan, students research the leaves on the internet to determine the tree they come from.
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T is for Tree

For Students K - 2nd
In this tree instructional activity, students color a picture of a tree and trace and write the words "T is for Tree". Students color, trace, and write 1 time each.
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I Love Trees: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the words "I Love Trees!," write the words independently, and color the picture of a tree.
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Plant a Tree: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the phrase, "Plant a Tree," write the phrase independently, and color the picture of the tree plant.