Overview

Trees and Forests in Grade 6 Science (Alberta) builds student understanding with 15 focused worksheets. This lesson bundle guides learners from tree structures and function to whole-forest interactions, emphasizing evidence, observation, and respectful stewardship. With ready-to-use pages for assessment, practice, and review, teachers can streamline planning while students gain a clear pathway for learning how forests support biodiversity and respond to change. The bundle supports Alberta-aligned expectations for scientific literacy, including using models and reasoning from data to explain relationships in living systems.

What's Included

• ✅ Leaf Functions Worksheet | Grade 6 Science Assessments – Students connect leaf structures to key functions and survival.
• ✅ Tree Anatomy Worksheet | Grade 6 Science Practice – Students label and describe major parts of a tree and their roles.
• ✅ Stewardship Practices Worksheet | Grade 6 Science Assessment – Students apply stewardship ideas to real choices that protect forests.
• ✅ Species Classification Worksheet Grade 6 Science Practice – Students practice classifying species using observable characteristics.
• ✅ Roots and Water Worksheet | Grade 6 Science Activities – Students explain how roots help trees obtain and use water.
• ✅ Reproductive Structures Worksheet Grade 6 Science | Practice – Students identify reproductive structures and describe how trees reproduce.
• ✅ Integrated Management Worksheet | Grade 6 Science Activities – Students evaluate management options by considering multiple forest needs.
• ✅ Human Impacts Worksheet Pack 6th Grade Science Activities – Students analyze how human actions affect forests and forest health.
• ✅ Growth Rings Worksheet | Grade 6 Science Activities – Students interpret growth rings to make inferences about conditions.
• ✅ Forest Types Worksheet | Grade 6 Science Practice – Students compare forest types using climate, soil, and species traits.
• ✅ Food Webs Worksheet | Grade 6 Science Activities – Students build and interpret food webs to track energy flow.
• ✅ Disturbance Regimes Worksheet | Grade 6 Science Activities – Students explain how disturbances shape forest ecosystems over time.
• ✅ Conservation Strategies Worksheet | Grade 6 Science Activities – Students propose and justify conservation strategies to protect forests.
• ✅ Biodiversity Roles Worksheet | Grade 6 Science Activities – Students connect biodiversity to ecosystem roles and stability.
• ✅ Stem Transport Worksheet | Grade 6 Science Activities – Students model how water and nutrients move through stems.

Skills & Standards

Built for Alberta science learning, this unit emphasizes disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts through investigation, modeling, and explanation. Students use a systems approach to connect plant structure to function, tracing how leaves, roots, stems, and reproductive parts support survival and growth. Learners practice evidence-based reasoning by interpreting growth-ring information, connecting observed traits to classification, and using cause-and-effect thinking to describe how disturbances and human impacts change forest conditions. Throughout, students strengthen analytical skills such as making inferences from data, representing relationships (for example, food webs and transport processes), and communicating claims supported by worksheet evidence. The bundle also reinforces responsible decision-making by applying stewardship and conservation strategies to protect biodiversity.

Perfect For

• Teachers seeking structured instruction
• Sub plans
• Homework or review
• Intervention or centers
• Assessment preparation

How to Use

Plan for a typical 1–3 week pacing sequence within the Trees and Forests unit, selecting worksheets for daily stations, classwork, and checks for understanding. Try a short warm-up each day (e.g., label a tree diagram, review one key term such as “growth rings,” or do a quick classification prompt). Use guided practice to complete one modeling task together (such as food webs or stem transport) before students work independently on the matching worksheets. Close lessons with brief exit tickets that ask for a claim and evidence (for example, “Explain how roots support water uptake” or “Describe how a disturbance can change a forest”). Finish with an end-of-unit review that combines classification, ecosystem interactions, and conservation decisions.

Closing

Trees and Forests worksheets provide a cohesive, Alberta-aligned path for Grade 6 students to understand how tree biology and forest ecosystems work together.