Use of Trees to Mankind Learning Objectives: After completing this lesson on Trees, you will be able to Describe the parts of a tree List the products that can be made from coconut, neem, mango, teak, and rubber trees Trees are one of the greatest boons of nature. You will find a tree in any corner of the world. You can find a tree in a forest, in a house garden, inside a farm, and in a crowded street in the city also. How does a Tree look? A tree has visible and invisible parts. The visible part of the tree is above the soil and usually has a brown bark or stem. A lot of branches come out from the stem or trunk. Each branch has some smaller branches or stems. And these stems or twigs have leaves, flowers, and fruits. The parts of the tree above the bark are called the crown. The roots below the soil make up the invisible parts of the tree. The roots, trunk, branches, twigs, and trunk are brown in color. The leaves are green in color. The flowers and fruits have different colors in different trees.
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Use of Trees to Mankind
Learning Objectives:
After completing this lesson on Trees, you will be able to
Describe the parts of a tree
List the products that can be made from coconut, neem, mango, teak, and rubber
trees
Trees are one of the greatest boons of nature. You will find a tree in any corner of the
world. You can find a tree in a forest, in a house garden, inside a farm, and in a
crowded street in the city also.
How does a Tree look?
A tree has visible and invisible parts. The visible part of the tree is above the soil and
usually has a brown bark or stem. A lot of branches come out from the stem or trunk.
Each branch has some smaller branches or stems. And these stems or twigs have
leaves, flowers, and fruits. The parts of the tree above the bark are called the crown.
The roots below the soil make up the invisible parts of the tree.
The roots, trunk, branches, twigs, and trunk are brown in color. The leaves are green in
color. The flowers and fruits have different colors in different trees.
Common Trees in India
The most common trees in India are the coconut tree, mango tree, neem tree, teak
wood tree, and rubber tree.
Coconut Tree: The coconut tree has a very different structure from that of other trees.
It has a very long trunk and a small collection of branches at the top of the trunk.
Parts of the Coconut Tree:
Uses of Coconut Tree:
The coconut tree has many uses. The white inner part of the coconut is used for
cooking chutney, coconut rice, and the coconut milk is a base for several food items.
Coconut oil made from coconuts is applied to hair for growth. The oil is also used for
cooking. The long sticks on the edge of each long leaf are used to make a broomstick.
The leaves are used to make small bags to hold dolls or other light weight items. The
Leaves Coconut Tender
Coconut Husk Trunk
coir from the coconut husk is used to make coir mats. Tender coconut is a health drink
in hot seasons. So, almost every part of the coconut tree is useful to mankind.
Products Made from Coconut Tree
Neem Tree: You can find a Neem Tree in almost any place, as it needs very little water
for growth. The Neem Tree has a lot of medicinal value and so is known as the “Village
Pharmacy.”
Coconut Oil
Coconut Chutney
BroomStick
Coconut Milk
Coir Mats
Tender Coconut
Parts of a Neem Tree:
Products Made from Neem Tree:
Hey, Neem Tree. Can
you tell what products
can be made from you?
Sure. Toothpaste, bathing soaps, and
neem oil are made from me. Vepam
poo rasam made from my flowers is
eaten for its medicinal value. Patients
who have chicken pox sleep on my
leaves for a quick cure. My tree
extracts are used to make pesticides
and mosquito repellants.
Products Made from Neem Tree
Mango Tree: A mango tree grows in a house garden as well as a farm. In India, the
ripe mango fruit season is from May to July. Mangoes have large quantities of Vitamin
C.
Neem Soap Neem
Toothpaste Neem Rasam
Neem Chutney
Neem Pesticide
Parts of a Mango Tree:
Products Made from Mango Tree:
Hey, Mango Tree. Can
you tell what products
can be made from you?
Sure. My fruit can be used to
make jam, mango fruit juice,
mango milkshake, and dried
sweet mango pieces. When I
am unripe and green people
make pickles and also mango
powder for seasoning food.
Mango leaves are used for
decorations on auspicious
days.
Products made from Mango Tree
Rubber Tree: Rubber is not a common tree and you will not find it in any place. Instead,
rubber is grown in special plantations. A lot of rubber plantations are found in Kerala
and Assam in India. The gum or latex from the rubber tree is very useful.
Mango Jam
Mango Pickle
Mango Juice
Dry Mango Pieces
Decoration
Mango Powder
Parts of a Rubber Tree:
Products Made from Rubber Tree:
The latex from the rubber tree is used to make pencil erasers, rubber bands, rubber
balls, and rubber boots.
Products made from Rubber Tree
Pencil Eraser
Rubber Band
Rubber Balls
Rubber Boots
Teak Wood Tree: The Teak tree is mostly found in Asian countries such as India,
Indonesia, Malaysia, and Burma. Teak is termite resistant and so products made out of
teak can be used without varnish or paint.
Parts of a Teak Tree:
Products Made from Teak Wood: Teak wood is used to make furniture such as dining
table, bed, multi-purpose cabinet, and kitchen sets.
Summary: Hope you will now be able to understand the wide range of uses of trees.
So, you have to preserve and grow trees and not cut them down.
Worksheet -1:
Match the products with the tree from which it is made.
1. Pickles 2. Mats 3. Eraser 4. Toothpaste 5. Table
a. Rubber b. Teak c. Mango d. Coconut e. Neem
Worksheet -2
Match the product picture to the tree from which it is made.
a. Neem Tree
b. Coconut Tree
c. Mango Tree
d. Teak Tree
Worksheet - 3
Match the product picture to the tree from which it is made.
a. Coconut Tree
b. Neem Tree
c. Rubber Tree
d. Mango Tree
Worksheet – 4
Identify the tree in the picture.
a. Coconut Tree
b. Teak Tree
c. Rubber Tree
d. Neem Tree
Worksheet - 5
Try making this mango pickle: Take a small glass bottle and fill it with drinking water.
Add cut green mango pieces, small onions, green chillies, and salt to the water. Leave
the mix for about 4 days. The sourness from the mango enters the small onions. The
taste of onions and salt lingers in the water and mango pieces. You can eat the mango
and onion pieces with food and also use the water as a base with rice.
Worksheet - 6
Fill in the blank:
1. The part of the tree above the trunk is known as ____________________.
Worksheet - 7
Fill in the blank:
1. _______________ tree is known as Village Pharmacy.
Worksheet - 8
Match the product picture to the tree from which it is made.
a. Mango Tree
b. Neem Tree
c. Teak Tree
d. Coconut Tree
Worksheet - 9
Try planting a small plant/tree near your Eureka Superkidz centre. Start with something
simple. Just grab a handful of coriander seeds from your home. Sprinkle some water on
the ground/sand and spray the coriander seeds on the ground. Everyday sprinkle little
water. Select an area where there is moderate sunlight. Watch the coriander plant grow.
Take some home for cooking!
Worksheet 10
Fill in the blanks:
1. The part of the tree under the soil is called ______________.
Answer Key to Worksheets:
1.
1. Pickles – c. mango 2. Mats - d. Coconut 3. Eraser - a. Rubber 4. Toothpaste - e. Neem 5. Table - b. Teak
2. B. Coconut Tree – Coir mat is made from coconut tree.
3. C. Rubber Tree – Rubber bands are made from rubber trees.
4. D. Neem Tree
5. Experiment
6. Crown
7. Neem
8. C. Teak Tree – furniture is made from teak wood.
9. Experiment
10. Root
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