Today's Classroom Activities :

Celebrate Arbor Day!

Celebrate Arbor Day by planting a tree on the school grounds. Visit Paper U for more about trees and paper. Or, visit Educational in Nature for a thematic unit on trees and their uses.

Use trees as the basis for interdisciplinary learning in your classroom this Spring with How To... Hug a Tree - Electronically.

Terrific Trees
Science Check some books about trees out of the library. Go for a class walk and identify trees surrounding the school. Is it easier to identify trees using the leaves and needles or the bark? Have the students identify trees around their homes. Why might these particular trees have been selected for planting in a residential neighborhood?