Hello.

My name is Mrs. Mehrin.

I am so excited to be learning with you today.

Today we are going to be learning all about deciduous and evergreen trees, and we are going to have a fantastic time.

Welcome to today's lesson from the unit Identifying Plants and Their Basic Parts.

Today's lesson is all about deciduous and evergreen trees, and your lesson outcome is I can compare deciduous and evergreen trees and name some examples of each, and by the end of today's lesson, you will be able to compare many different types of deciduous trees and evergreen trees, and you'll be able to tell the difference between them.

Now I know that learning can be a bit challenging sometimes, but that's okay because it means that we're going to be working really hard and learning some fabulous new things.

Let's begin.

So we're going to do the keywords now.

We're going to do my turn, your turn.

Let's begin.

My turn, tree.

Your turn.

My turn, leaves.

Your turn.

My turn, evergreen.

Your turn.

My turn, deciduous.

Your turn.

My turn, observe.

Your turn.

Fantastic.

Well done.

So our lesson today is split into three sections.

Let's begin with the first one all about evergreen trees.

Trees are plants that have roots, a stem called a trunk, and branches that support leaves, fruit and flowers.

Here are some pictures.

We have a trunk, berries on a tree, and blossom on a tree.

Some trees are called evergreen trees.

These trees do not lose their leaves in the autumn.

They will look green all year round.

Here are some pictures.

Here are some evergreen trees in winter, and you can see that their leaves are still green and that they have not lost their leaves, and we have a picture of evergreen trees in summer, and again, we can see all the leaves are on the trees and they are all green.

Let's do a quick check of your learning.

Trees that stay green all year round are called, a, everleaf, b, evergreen, and c, evertree.

Which one do you think it might be? I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer, but if you think you're going to need longer, you can pause the video here.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done.

The answer is b, evergreen.

Trees that stay green all year are called evergreen trees.

Well done.

A holly tree is evergreen.

It keeps its green, spiky leaves in the winter.

Birds love to eat the holly berries.

Here we have three pictures.

We have a holly tree, and then we have a closeup of holly berry and leaves, and you can see how the leaves are spiky, and we have a picture of blackbird eating holly berries.

A juniper tree is evergreen.

It has grey bark on its trunk.

Its green leaves look like sharp, spiky needles all year round.

Here is a picture of a juniper tree, and then we have a closeup of the juniper leaves and their berries.

A yew tree is evergreen.

It has red berries that are poisonous to some animals, including humans.

So if you ever see a yew tree, make sure that you don't eat the berries.

Yew wood is very strong and was used many years ago to make longbows for battles.

So here we have a picture of a yew tree and a picture of yew berries close up, and then finally we have a picture of an archer with a longbow.

So yew wood was used to make these longbows for battle because they were really strong.

The wood was very strong.

So let's do a quick check-in of your learning so far.

True or false? Evergreen trees lose their leaves in autumn.

Is that true or is that false? I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer, but if you think you're going to need longer, you can pause the video here.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done.

The answer is false.

Now let's see if we can put that into a sentence.

So I think this because, a, evergreen trees keep their leaves all year long, or b, evergreen trees lose their leaves when it is windy.

Again, I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer, but if you are going to need longer, you can pause the video here.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done.

The answer is a, evergreen trees keep their leaves all year long.

Wow.

You are doing some fantastic learning so far.

Well done.

So here is your first task.

It says explore these evergreen leaves: a holly leaf and a pine needle.

What do you observe about the shape, size, and colour of the leaves? What do they feel like? I'd like you to pause the video here, and I'd like you to observe the shape, the size, and the colour of those leaves, and I want you to describe what you think they might feel like.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done.

So Sam has been observing the shape, the size, and the colour of the holly leaves and the pine needles, and so has Andeep, and Sam says, "The holly leaf is shiny and green.

It has spiky edges and feels smooth and waxy," and Andeep says, "The pine needles are long and thin.

They have a strong smell and feel sharp and pointy at the end." Now we are on to the second part of our learning, which is all about deciduous trees.

Some trees are deciduous trees.

This means they lose their leaves each year in autumn.

Here we have a picture of deciduous trees in early autumn and deciduous trees in late autumn.

What has happened to the leaves of these deciduous trees? I'll give you some time now to think about your answers.

So I'd like you to pause the video here and observe and tell me what you can see has happened in these pictures.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done.

So in the first picture, the deciduous trees in early autumn, we can see that they've changed to these beautiful reds and oranges and yellows, and a lot of them are still on the tree in early autumn, but they've changed colour.

By the time it gets to late autumn, most of the leaves have fallen off the tree, as you can see in the second picture.

Well done.

Leaves from deciduous trees often change colour and become orange, red and yellow and then brown in autumn.

Here are some pictures of fallen leaves on the ground and some autumn leaves.

Aren't they absolutely beautiful? Let's do a check-in of your learning so far.

Some trees are deciduous.

This means they, a, have no leaves all year round, b, lose their leaves in autumn each year, or c, keep their leaves all year round.

I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer, but if you need longer, you can pause the video here.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done.

The answer is b.

Deciduous trees lose their leaves in autumn each year.

An oak tree is a deciduous tree.

Its leaves will start to change colour in the autumn and will fall off by the time winter starts.

So here we have an oak tree in autumn, and we can see that the leaves have begun to change colour.

They're becoming red and yellow and orange and brown, and by the time it becomes winter, all of the leaves on the oak tree have fallen off.

A silver birch tree is a deciduous tree.

Its leaves are green in the summer and then turn orange in the autumn before they fall off.

Here we have a picture of silver birch trees in autumn and silver birch trees in winter.

So again, we can see in autumn the leaves have turned yellow, orange and brown, and by the time it's winter, the leaves on the silver birch tree have fallen off.

A horse chestnut tree is deciduous.

It has large leaves that fall off in the winter.

The trees grow new leaves each spring.

So here we have horse chestnut leaves in autumn and then horse chestnut leaf buds ready for those new leaves to come in.

Let's do a quick check of your learning.

Which of these trees is not deciduous? Is it a, a holly tree, b, an oak tree, or c, a silver birch tree? I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer, but if you need longer, you can pause the video here.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done.

The answer is a, a holly tree, because a holly tree is evergreen.

Well done.

Here is Task B.

It says observe deciduous trees in your local area.

Create a drawing or painting to show what they look like.

Talk about how it will change later this year.

So here we have a picture of a deciduous tree in autumn.

So you will have to pause the video here so you can create a drawing or a painting to show a deciduous tree, and then you can write about how it might change later on in the year.

So pause the video here and complete your task.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done.

So here we have Jun who's been doing the activity, and Jun says, "This deciduous tree will change later in the autumn.

Its leaves will fall off," and he has drawn a beautiful picture of a deciduous tree in autumn, and I can see that Jun has included all of the different colours of those leaves.

Isn't his drawing beautiful? Now we're on to the final part of our learning, which is comparing trees.

So we can compare trees by looking closely at them to see what is the same and what is different.

Sofia says, "When we look closely at a tree, we observe it." So here, we have a picture of a holly tree and a horse chestnut tree.

So if you look really closely at both of these and observe them, you'll be able to see the differences between them.

So we can see on the holly tree that the leaves are spiky and they have red berries, but that is not the case on the horse chestnut tree.

So let's have a really good think.

What will help us to observe a tree? Will it be a, our eyes, b, a clock, or c, magnifying glass? Now, there may be more than one right answer here, so think really carefully.

I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer, but if you need longer, you can pause the video here.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done.

The answer is a and c, our eyes and a magnifying glass.

So we can observe trees throughout the year and compare how they grow and change.

Here we have an evergreen tree in summer.

In the the spring and summer, many trees look similar because they have green leaves.

Here is a picture of a deciduous tree in summer.

Now, it's really difficult to tell which one is evergreen and which one is deciduous, and that's because the trees look very similar as they both have green leaves.

So it can be quite tough to work out which one is deciduous and which one is evergreen.

So in autumn and winter, deciduous trees start to look different to evergreen trees.

So here, we have evergreen trees in winter and deciduous trees in winter.

What do you observe about these trees? So I'd like you to pause the video here and have a really good think about what you can see and what you can observe about these trees.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done.

So we can see here in the evergreen trees in winter, the leaves are still green and all the leaves are attached to the tree, but in winter, in the deciduous trees, all of the leaves have fallen off.

Fantastic.

Well done.

So in autumn and winter, evergreen trees keep their leaves and will still look the same.

Here is an evergreen tree in summer and an evergreen tree in winter.

When is it a good time to check if a tree is deciduous or evergreen? I want you to have a really good think about this question.

I'd like you to pause the video here and then have a go at this question and come back to our video.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done.

So we know that the best time to check if a tree is deciduous or evergreen is in winter, because in winter, a deciduous tree will no longer have its leaves and an evergreen tree will still have all of its leaves and the leaves will all be green.

If we were to check, however, in summer, it would be really hard to spot because deciduous trees and evergreen trees will have all of their leaves and the leaves will be green.

So summer is not a great time to check.

So here is Aisha.

Now, Aisha is observing trees at school.

She looks closely at a row of trees and she says, "These trees are all evergreen trees because they all have green leaves." Do you agree with Aisha? Have a good think about this one.

If you need to, you can pause the video here.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Really good thinking.

Well done.

So it all depends when Aisha is observing the trees.

If it's summer, then evergreen and most deciduous trees will have green leaves, so she would not be correct.

If it's winter, then only evergreen trees will have leaves, so then she would be correct.

So here is your final task.

Observe and compare these trees.

Which do you think are evergreen and which are deciduous? So here we have holly trees in winter, horse chestnut tree in autumn, silver birch tree in winter, and a yew tree in autumn.

So using those pictures, I want you to think really carefully which are evergreen and which are deciduous.

I'd like you to pause the video here and have a go at this question.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done.

So the horse chestnut tree and the silver birch tree are both deciduous trees.

Their leaves change from green to orange and red and then fall off every autumn.

The yew tree and the holly tree are evergreen trees that keep their green leaves.

Yew trees have needle shaped leaves and holly trees have shiny, spiky leaves.

So I would like you now to choose an evergreen tree and a deciduous tree in or near to your school grounds.

I want you to go on a tree safari and observe the trees each month to see how they've changed.

I want you to think really carefully.

Can you identify and name any of the trees that you see, and in which seasons would this task be easier? Now, this is going to take you some time because I want you to observe the trees every single month and see how they've changed.

So this is something that you will need to do once you have finished this video.

So Lucas and Izzy have both done this activity, and Lucas says, "I observed an evergreen holly tree with red berries and green, spiky leaves.

It was easiest to spot in autumn and winter when deciduous trees have lost their leaves," and Izzy says, "The yew tree is evergreen and does not change a lot during the year.

It has grown a bit taller and I can see some red berries." So when you do this activity, you might like to write something similar to what Lucas and Izzy have written.

So you're going to draw the picture and then describe the changes that you're seeing.

So let's do our summary now.

Evergreen trees keep their leaves all year round.

Deciduous trees lose their leaves in autumn.

We can compare trees throughout the year using observation skills.

In autumn and winter, trees can be grouped as either evergreen or deciduous.

Now here, we have deciduous trees in winter, and we can see all of their leaves have fallen off, whereas an evergreen tree would have kept its leaves and they would be green.

It has been fantastic learning with you and learning all about deciduous and evergreen trees.

I am so proud of your hard work and your critical thinking today.

There's been lots of new information, but you have done so well.

Well done.