Grades 2–4
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.
Science worksheet · Trees and leaves
Leaf Shapes
Match an oak leaf, maple leaf, pine needles and ginkgo leaf to their names, then make a leaf rubbing.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–3
- Time
- About 20 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:
- Draw a line from each leaf to its name.
- Leaf rubbing: put a leaf under this paper and rub over it with the side of a crayon.
Teacher tip
Collect leaves first so kids can make real rubbings.
How to use it
- Collect leaves on a walk before the sheet.
- Bring in a slice of a log to count the rings.
- Start with a two-minute “I notice, I wonder” talk about the picture on the sheet.
Watch for
Pine needles are leaves too.
Talk about it
- What do trees give us?
- What question do you still have?
Take it further
Make leaf rubbings and sort them by shape.
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More trees and leaves worksheets
Grades K–2
Gifts from Trees
Color the eight things we get from trees and put an X on the four we do not.
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.
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