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Common Plants & Trees

Identify and name common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees

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What a learner can do afterwards

  • Name at least five common wild or garden plants from direct observation
  • Sort trees into deciduous (loses leaves) and evergreen (keeps leaves) with examples
  • Match a plant to its name when shown a picture or real specimen

The lesson

Plants grow almost everywhere you look. You might see plants in a garden or park. Some plants are small flowers. Some plants are big trees.

Look closely to learn a plant's name. Check its leaves, its flowers, and its shape. Sunflowers, daisies, and roses grow in gardens. Dandelions and clover often grow in the wild.

Spring: budsSummer: fullFall: orangeWinter: bare
This tree grows leaves, then loses them each winter. That makes it deciduous.
Try it together

Zara sees a big tree in the park. In fall its leaves turn orange. By winter, all the leaves have fallen. This tree is deciduous.

Good to know

Evergreen trees like pine and holly stay green all year. Look for green needles or leaves even in snow!

You can name garden plants, and tell deciduous trees from evergreen ones.

Watch it

Where it sits

Learn first

Nothing; this is a starting point.

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Where this leads

Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.

Then practise

8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.

Common Plants & Trees · Science, ages 5 to 6 · LightMySky