2. Fall Trees By Ms. Elizabeth Schnepp

3. Autumn Colors  In Autumn we see trees with many different and beautiful colors.  What are some colors you might see?  Red, yellow, green, orange, purple, and brown.

4. Why do some trees change color?  Not all trees change colors. Some stay green all throughout winter, while others sometimes lose their leaves.  Let’s find out why some trees change leaf colors and lose their leaves and while others stay green all year long.

5. Two Types of Trees  There are two types of trees.  Coniferous and Deciduous.  Lets take a look at these two types of trees.

6. Coniferous Trees  Coniferous trees are also called evergreen trees because they are green all year long.  Some of us may use this type of tree to string lights on for their Christmas trees.

7. Trees with needles  Coniferous trees have NEEDLES, not leaves.

8. Deciduous Trees  Deciduous Trees do NOT stay green all year long.  In the fall these trees change colors.  These type of trees are also called broad leaf trees.

9. Trees with leaves  Deciduous trees have leaves. There are many shapes of leaves.

10. But WHY do they drop their leaves?  The trees drop there leaves because they have to conserve their energy.  Animals store food/fat for the winter. Trees lose their leaves.

11. Lets recap and see how much we know.  Which type of trees have needles? Coniferous Tree Deciduous Tree

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14. Which Type of Tree has Leaves? Coniferous TreeDeciduous Tree

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17. External Links  For more information check out these sites:  http://www.realtrees4kids.org/ http://www.realtrees4kids.org/  http://urbanext.illinois.edu/kids/ http://urbanext.illinois.edu/kids/  http://www.arborday.org/kids/carly/ind ex.cfm http://www.arborday.org/kids/carly/ind ex.cfm

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