Starter quiz
- Trees are ...
- plants ✓
- animals
- people
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- Which of these is true?
- All leaves are the same size.
- All leaves are the same shape.
- Leaves can be different shapes and sizes. ✓
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- Identifying a tree means ...
- measuring how tall it is
- naming it correctly ✓
- counting how many leaves it has
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- Jacob wants to identify a tree. What can he use to help him?
- a non-fiction book about animals
- a non-fiction book about trees ✓
- a non-fiction book about the weather
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- When we observe trees we ...
- put them into groups
- look on the internet
- look closely at them and compare them ✓
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- Which of these leaves is from an oak tree?
Exit quiz
- Evergreen trees ...
- lose their leaves in autumn each year
- keep their leaves all year long ✓
- lose their leaves in spring each year
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- Deciduous trees ...
- lose their leaves in autumn each year ✓
- keep their leaves all year long
- lose their leaves in spring each year
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- What will help us to observe and compare trees?
- a non-fiction book about animals
- our eyes ✓
- the internet
- Oak, silver birch and horse chestnut trees are all ...
- evergreen trees
- deciduous trees ✓
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- Holly, juniper and yew trees are all ...
- evergreen trees ✓
- deciduous trees
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- Match the tree to its correct type.
- oak⇔deciduous ✓
- holly⇔evergreen ✓
- horse chestnut⇔deciduous ✓
- yew⇔evergreen ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Evergreen trees keep their green leaves all year round.
- Deciduous trees lose their leaves in the autumn.
- Trees can be compared throughout the year using observation skills.
- In autumn and winter, trees can be identified as evergreen or deciduous.
Common misconception
All trees have leaves that they lose every year.
Show a range of examples of different types of trees including evergreen.
Keywords
Tree - A tree is a plant which has a trunk, supporting leaves and branches.
Leaves - The leaves are the part of a plant where the plant makes its food.
Evergreen - Trees and bushes that do not lose their leaves in autumn or winter are evergreen.
Deciduous - Trees that lose their leaves once a year are deciduous.
Observe - To observe is to look closely, and use other senses too.
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