St. Isidore School Quakertown

6th / 8th: Leaf Project

Leaf Identification

Project

Due Date:__________ 100 Points

Objectives:

Requirements:

  1. Gather required leaves from the trees listed below.

  2. Create a book/packet with the following:

  1. Students must find all sixteen (16) species listed below. They should also choose four (4) invasive species to identify from the list as well.

Native Species

Eastern Hemlock

Eastern Red Cedar

Eastern White Pine

Flowering Dogwood

Red Maple

Silver Maple

Sugar Maple

White Ash

Sassafras

American Beech

Northern Red Oak

Pin Oak

White Oak

Sycamore

Tulip Tree

Honey locust

Invasive Species

Blue Spruce

Norway Spruce

Norway Maple

Tree of Heaven

Japanese Maple

Corktree

Mimosa

Leaf book/packet Rubric

  • Cover page has all required information

  • Leaf is present and preserved

  • Species is labeled correctly

  • Cover page is missing some required information

  • Leaf is present but not preserved

  • Species is labeled with some mistake

  • Cover page is missing

  • Leaf is not present

  • Species is labeled with many mistakes

  • All required information about the species is present

  • Picture of tree is present and correct

  • Missing some required information about the species

  • Picture of tree is present with mistakes

  • Missing all required information about the species

  • Picture of tree is not present or incorrect

Excellent

10 pts

Satisfactory

7 pts

Unsatisfactory

5 pts