Tree ID Activity

Test your pupil's knowledge of common trees with this simple, fun Tree ID Activity.

Introduction and objectives

This simple puzzle, helps children to learn to recognize a tree by its leaf and fruit.

The trees included on the more advanced puzzle are:

Oak

Ash

Beech

Horse Chestnut

Sweet Chestnut

Hazel

Hawthorn

And on the easier one:

Oak

Horse Chestnut

Beech

Hawthorn

How to use this activity

The tree activity can be used as part of a science lesson on comparing trees, or as an assessment after studying different trees and their fruits, possibly in autumn time.

It can be successfully used alongside our Leaf Sorting Activity.

It can follow a walk where the fruits of different trees are collected along with their leaves, in autumn, and the children can use books or other sources to help them to identify the leaves and fruit - as such it can be a learning activity rather than a puzzle.

Children can either draw lines from each fruit to ots tree and then its leaf,

or the sections can but cut out and stuck onto another sheet (provided).

There are two levels of difficulty, one activity with seven trees and one with four. Choose the one most suitable for each child.

Who can use the Tree ID Puzzle?

It can be used in the home, by teachers and in the home-school.

It can be blown up large and completed together by a class/group.

It can be made into a centre activity by cutting out the individual words and pictures and allowing children to put the ones that go together next to each other. I suggest laminating the pieces to make them more durable.

Answers provided.

1 PDF 2 worksheets, 2 sheets to stick the pictures on to if desired and 2 solution sheets