National Tree Week - Primary resources
This group of activities, based around trees can enhance the teaching of aspects of both the science and mathematics curriculum. They range from resources to help identify different leaves, such as leaf bingo, to activities collecting and handling data on trees, including one to work out the age of a tree from its circumference.
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Education Pack: Trees - Vital Statistics, Describing and Measuring Trees
Aimed at primary level, this resource aims to help children recognise the differences between plants. Linked to the topics of plants and all living things and their habitats, it is designed for use when visiting a wildlife area. Activities also help to develop measuring and data handling skills. Teacher guidance on...
Fashionable forests
In this STEM activity pupils will investigate the difference between deciduous and evergreen trees in terms of their foliage and changes across the seasons. This activity includes a presentation outlining the differences between the two types of trees and the opportunity to create a ‘class tree’ where learners...
Put a ring on it
In this STEM activity pupils will have the opportunity to measure the circumference of a tree trunk and use this information and number skills to work out the age of the tree in years. They will then repeat this for other trees and present and discuss their results as a class. This activity supports the teaching of...
Dryads diary
This STEM activity supports pupils to be able to describe how a deciduous tree changes with the season. This activity, which needs to be carried out over a school year, gives pupils the opportunity to record the changes in a deciduous tree within the school groups. Pupils could draw pictures, use photographs or...
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| Subject(s) | Science, Biology, Practical work, Outside the classroom |
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| Age | 5-7, 7-11 |
| Published | n.a |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxhfjg |
