Natural Resources Conservation League - Environmental Education

Natural Resources Conservation League of Victoria

Teachers Resources - Years 1 to 4 Pre Readers

Home Sweet Home Before the activity is introduced have the children discuss trees as homes for animals
Plant Puzzle Have the children use their senses of sight, touch and smell to examine and discuss the major parts of plants
Growing Up Before introducing the activity, germinate seeds on cotton wool for children to observe growth
Plants are Different Take children for a nature walk to observe similarities and differences between trees
Food from Plants Introduce the concept of food from trees and how we depend on trees for these many fruits

Owl in the tree at NRCL

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Activities

Trees give us ...
Word and colouring activity

What a plant needs
Word and colouring activity

Trees give us shelter
Word, tracing and colouring activity

Fact Sheets

Sir Joseph Banks
The Discovery of Australian Plants

From Seed to Tree
Collecting seed from Native Plants

Trees Provide Shade & Shelter
The importance of trees for Shade and Shelter in Urban and Country environments