Trees - English
A year in the life of an oak tree | Woodland Trust - A 1:05 wordless video that shows the changes an oak tree's leaves undergo with each season
Easy Acorn to Oak Tree Pose Yoga 🐿 Guided Children's Activity 🌳 Mindfulness for Kids - A 2:40 min. video that takes learners through the life cycle of an oak tree through different yoga poses (also uses tons of animal vocabulary (bear, blue jays, deer, groundhog, possum, rabbit, raccoon, squirrel), body part vocabulary (arms, elbows, forehead, hands, knees, legs, shin), and science vocabulary (acorn, branches, earth, leaves, oxygen, roots, seedling, shell, shelter, twigs)
Acorns - Episode 10 - A 3:09 min. video about an acorn that finally finds its way to the park to be planted and discusses the importance of opening oneself up to the world
Acorns to Oak Tree Song - A 0:40 second song with ASL signs about how an acorn becomes an oak tree (not a lot of science content)
Anim8Nature: Oak Tree (Acorn) Life Cycle - A 1:03 min. animated, wordless video that shows the life cycle of an oak tree
A bee collecting pollen from an oak tree #3 - A 0:35 second video that shows a bee collecting pollen from oak tree catkins [See also this 8-second video: Reproductive parts on an oak tree]
Acorns Everywhere! - A 1:54 min. video of a children's book with simple text (one- and two-word phrases) and cartoon-like illustrations that shows how squirrels gather, dig, and bury acorns (good for novice learners, not a lot of science content though)
Because of an Acorn - A 3:45 min. read aloud by a female L1 speaker with moving pages [See also this 1:35 min. read aloud by a male L1 speaker] (good for novice learners because of its simple, repetitive text)
From Tree to Shining Tree - A podcast from Radio Lab about trees
Little Acorn Animated Book | Caper Corner Story Time - A 5:45 min. animated read aloud of the book about the life cycle of an acorn [See also this 4:07 min. read aloud of the book]
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Singing Sprouts - Leaves and Acorns Song - A 0:40 second song about squirrels and acorns
Oak Tree from Acorn - A 2:41 min. wordless time-lapse video set to music
10 Interesting Things about Oaks Trees - A 2:43 min. top 10 list with interesting science facts about acorns and oak trees
THE VERY LAST LEAF read aloud - A Kids Funny & Encouraging picture book read along | SEL | Autumn - A 7:16 min. video of the children's book, which talks about lots of different types of trees and their leaves
Treemendous, a read aloud book about an acorn growing into an oak tree; fun and factual! - An 11:25 min. read aloud video
We Love Acorns | Kids Song from Super Simple Songs - A 2:49 min. song about how squirrels love acorns that is full of verbs (bounce, crack, eat, hide, roll, toss, etc.).
Why are Oak Trees Disappearing? - A 3:29 min. video that outlines the problem and poses various hypotheses for what might be causing it
Why are there so many Acorns this year? - A 1:36 min. video that discusses the phenomenon, along with how trees use chemicals to talk