Age a tree

Use this primary maths activity to practise measure and calculations with a real-life purpose. This outdoor lesson idea will encourage reasoning and estimation while finding out the age of a tree without cutting it down!

Once you know how long it has been there, why not link to history and discover what it has lived through, or write recounts from the perspective of the tree? This outdoor activity is also great for mapping your school grounds, data handling activities and even creating some concentric circles artwork.