Identifying British Trees - Lesson Packs

A set of five lesson plans and materials, based around identifying and cataloguing British tree leaves. This resource is suggested as a second level science resource, in which students gain awareness of the importance of trees to humans and the environment.

These activities, grouped into hour long lessons, are based around the storyline of a developer who intends replace a forest with a new shopping centre. The children are tasked with researching whether this is a good idea by researching local woodlands and the importance of trees. The children then communicate their findings along with supporting evidence to the landowner.

Through this resource children can develop their knowledge of and appreciation for the natural environment around them. The children can then apply this knowledge in a series of activities linking in with the Curriculum for Excellence Experiences, Outcomes and Benchmarks.

The Resource Cover document gives a detailed overview of the resource, and lesson plans are contained in the Teacher’s Guide document.

Relevant Experiences and Outcomes: SCN 2-01a, HWB 2-25a, LIT 2-02a, LIT 2-23a, LIT 2-29a, MNU 2-03a

This resource was created as part of the GeoScience Outreach Course which is a 4th year undergraduate course in the School of GeoSciences aiming to provide students with the opportunity to develop their own science communication and engagement project.

This resource was originally developed for Mauricewood Primary School, Penicuik, Midlothian.

Author: Erica Zaja, adapted by Alyssa Heggison.

Unless otherwise stated, all content is released under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Cover Image: a cropped version of Tree by benjgibbs on flickr, CC-BY 2.0,