Tree College

Prepare students for this activity by taking them outside to collect pieces of bark and leaves and to look at the shape of trees. Talk about the texture or how the bark feels, the multiple branches on the tree and the different colours of the bark and the leaves. Before this activity students should also know a number of college techniques and different paper types.

Materials

Various types of paper in various shades of green and brown

A3 paper

HB paper

scissors

Procedure

-Show students the tree college criteria

-Tell student they may draw their tree in pencil first before sticking on the paper or they may like to just stick the paper on.

-Students create a college of a tree using different types of paper and ensuring the tree has at least 10 branches