Horse Chestnut Tree Life Cycle Lesson Notes ideas and Resources Pack (ages 5-6)

Starting with a humble conker, take your class on a journey through the seasons to answer questions such as: What is a conker? Why have the leaves fallen off of the tree? Is the Horse Chestnut tree dead? Why does it have such large buds? Why are they sticky? Why does the tree have flowers? What are the bees doing in the flowers? Why does the tree make conkers? and many more!

For ages 5-6, this pack gives you all the resources and information necessary to study the Horse Chestnut tree through the year, and thus teach many aspects of your Science curriculum using a tree that is common in many local areas.

The Life Cycle of the Horse Chestnut Tree pack includes:

1. Teaching Notes

2. Vocabulary related to the subject - print on the card. Suggested ideas: use them to make a game/trace the words/draw pictures.

1. A Life cycle chart

2. Life-cycle pictures to order - differentiated activities

3. Pages with which to make a book about the Horse Chestnut tree

4. Life cycle ordering exercises - differentiated activities

5. Writing pages for descriptive writing

6. Pictures to use for display/ordering/language work etc… Use for display etc..

7. Large pictures of the drawings for own use (subject

to T’s and C’s, see page 2)

More:

This pack can be used alongside our Horse Chestnut Tree lifecycle PowerPoint

Develop a sense of awe and wonder in your pupils as the beautiful photos take the viewer through the seasons to find out where a conker comes from.

Or bought together in a pack: https://teachsimple.com/product/horse-chestnut-life-cycle-lesson-resource-pack-plus-powerpoint

Find our Apple Lifecycle PowerPoint which can extend learning further to enable comparisons to be made.

When can it be used:

This pack can be used throughout the year, but especially in autumn when children's attention is drawn to conkers.

What is included?

1 PDF with a total of 48 pages.