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Lesson
Title/Foc
us: Tree
Hunt

Class: Grade 6
Date: September 8th, 2016

Cours
e

Science

Lesson Length: 65 minutes

COURSE OUTCOMES
GLE 6-10: Describe characteristics of trees and the interaction of trees with other living things in the local
environment.
SLE 4: Identify general characteristics that distinguish trees from other plants, and characteristics that distinguish
deciduous from coniferous trees.
SLE 6: Describe and classify leaf shapes, leaf arrangements, branching patterns and the overall form of a tree.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
1. Identify specific differences between trees (Remembering)
2. Investigate how parts of the same kind of tree can differ (Analyzing)
3. Propose which tree matches the photo of an assigned tree (Creating)

ASSESSMENT
Pre-assessment: What do students already know about the parts of a tree and how they can differ
between trees?
Formative Assessment: What observations do students draw from different parts of a tree? Are
they able to find a tree based on its features? What differences can students draw from different
parts of the tree such as leaves and branches?

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Visual journals
Pencils/pens
Colouring pencils
Pictures of trees

PREPARATION AND LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Take pictures of five different trees

Trees may be difficult for students to find so attempt to pick one that have very
distinguishing features

PROCEDURE
Introduction

Key Question

Tree Hunt
Instructions

How can we tell trees apart? Do you think

youd be able to find a tree just by seeing a
picture of it?

Body
Review vocabulary
Explain to students that they will work in
their groups to find their assigned tree
They will each be responsible for noting
the different characteristics that made

Time
5 min
Time
5 min

Hand Out
Assigned
Trees

Tree Hunt

Tree Hunt
Findings

Concluding
Questions

them find their assigned tree

Once students have found their tree and
have written down all its traits they
must all sit by it and send one person to
come up and tell me (also can sketch
different characteristics their assigned
tree has)
Encourage students to do rubbings of
their tree (ask student to explain a
rubbing) leaves bark, etc.
Safety: your assigned tree will be
directly behind the school, it will not be
by the fences. We will quietly walk out
the D doors and once outside you may
start looking for your tree as a group.
Write down some specific characteristics
students must observe and to write in
their notebooks (leaves, branches,
trunk, bark, fruit)
Hand out assigned tree pictures
Have students grab visual notebooks
and materials
Allow students to go out and observe
characteristics of different trees in order
to find their assigned tree
Help groups by promoting their
observations on different characteristics
Have students show the class the
assigned tree they found
Have students share their findings and
how they found the tree
Walk back to classroom
Closure

How were we able to tell trees apart? What different

ideas did groups use to find their assigned tree?

5 min

35 min

15 min

Time
5 min

Personal Objective: Manage time based on student understanding. If students are

quicker at grasping an understanding have sponge material planned as well as find
ways to help students if this task is too tough based on minimal information.
Self-Reflection:
Additional Notes: