- Autumn
Leaves: Where does the color come from? - In Autumn most people
enjoy colorful leaves, brought about by external stimuli. In this lesson
students explore leaf pigmentation through chromatography.
- A
Reason For Season - Become a season sleuth. Learn the long and short
of the changing of the seasons, then test your knowledge with our cosmic
map.
- Colors
in the Leaves - Where do the brilliant colors of fall come from?
Most leaves appear green. In the fall, leaves turn orange, yellow, and
red. Most leaves aren't changing colors. The pigments are always present
in the leaves.
- Comparing
Leaves - Students will compare trees by studying leaves, in order
to tell them apart.
- Community
Canned Food Drive (Part 1) - During the fall holiday months, the
class actively assists the local community in the annual collection
of canned food for needy families. Advertisements promoting the campaign
are created with Student Writing Center.
- Community
Canned Food Drive (Part 2) - During the fall holiday months, the
class actively assists the local community in the annual collection
of canned food for needy families. Students become involved in a graph-keeping
adventure as they encourage the school to collect many canned foods.
- Estimating
With Pumpkin Seeds- "Do you know how many seeds are inside
the pumpkin? Follow these steps to find out."
- Fall
Fun- "Students will learn about opossums, share embarrassing
moments that they've had, and discuss how each person is unique. Students
will create "Special Spiders" to showcase their uniqueness."
- Fall
Haiku- "Students learn to use the poetry style of Haiku."
- Fall
into Rhyme- "Students write a Fall poem and explore rhyming
patterns."
- Fall
Similes- "Write fall-themed poems using similes."
- Fall
Leaf Watercolors- "Students will create a leaf scene using
a variety of leaf patterns."
- Forest
in a Jar- "In this activity, students will be able to see in
miniature how a swampy area can be succeeded by a forested habitat."
- Form
and Texture in Autumn - The student will use nature guidebooks and
plant handbooks to identify the names of plants found during an autumn
walk.
- Fun
Fall Leaves- "To see the natural beauty in a fall leaf."
- Haiku
Leaves - The students use prior knowledge and first-hand observations
of the natural world around them to create their own Haiku poems. The
final draft is put on handmade leaves (from construction paper) to create
an autumn-theme classroom display.
- How
Tall in the Fall? - Students use nonstandard measurement to measure.
Students estimate to predict the correct length before they measure.
Students count the correct number of objects used to measure.
- If
Trees Could Speak, What Would They Say? - The change of seasons,
as seen in New York, is a phenomenon not all people experience. This
lesson addresses how students experience the change in the fall season.
Students will describe how the change of the seasons makes them feel,
and they will share their past experiences with seasonal changes.
- Leafy
Green- "Is green the only color in a leaf?"
- Pumpkin Potpourri
- Seasonal
Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season - In this three-part
lesson, students write and illustrate haiku depicting seasonal images.
First they use their observation skills, real-world knowledge, and knowledge
of parts of speech to help them create seasonal word charts.
- Seasons
For Kindergartners- "Students will be able to list the order
of seasons, starting with Fall--the beginning of the school year. Students
will be able to tell what activities are done during each season."
- Signs
of Autumn - This is a culminating activity on the study of photosynthesis,
how chlorophyll is important to leaves, and why leaves change colors
in the fall.
- The
Leaves of Autumn - Dance lesson which incorporates visualization
and imagination to create individual expressive dance movements the
focus on the words and movement found during the season of autumn.
- What
and When is Fall?- "This activity helps students to understand
the tilt of the Earth and how it factors into seasonal changes."
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