Grades K–2
Gifts from Trees
Color the eight things we get from trees and put an X on the four we do not.
Science worksheet · Trees and leaves
How Old Is the Tree?
Count the growth rings on a tree stump to find its age, then answer what wide and thin rings mean.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–4
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Topic
- Trees and leaves
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Trees, Leaves, Growth and change
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Every year a tree grows one new ring of wood just under its bark. Count the rings on a stump to find out how old the tree was.
- A tree stump. The bark is the gray ring around the outside.
- Circle the answer.
- A wide ring means the tree had a good growing year a bad growing year
- A thin ring could mean there was lots of rain not much rain
Teacher tip
Bring in a slice of a log if you can and count the rings together.
How to use it
- Collect leaves on a walk before the sheet.
- Bring in a slice of a log to count the rings.
- Let partners compare answers and settle any differences with a book or a video.
Watch for
Pine needles are leaves too.
Talk about it
- How does your tree change through the year?
- What evidence helped you choose your answer?
Take it further
Make leaf rubbings and sort them by shape.
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More trees and leaves worksheets
Grades K–3
Adopt a Tree
Pick a tree to visit: name it, make a bark rubbing, draw a leaf, measure the trunk and record four visits.
Grades 1–3
Parts of a Tree
Label the leaves, branch, trunk and roots, then match each part to its job.
Grades 1–3
Leaf Shapes
Match an oak leaf, maple leaf, pine needles and ginkgo leaf to their names, then make a leaf rubbing.
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