April Monthly Helpers Workbook		Ocean Teaching Theme
	Cloze Paragraphs - April Theme, Vol. 1		Rainforest Teaching Theme
	Cloze Paragraphs - April Theme, Vol. 2		Spring Alphabetization Workbook
	Ecology Lesson Plans		Spring Spelling Workbook
	Environment Lesson Plans		Spring Teaching Theme
	Insects Teaching Theme		Spring Worksheets

April Monthly Helpers Each worksheet identifies an event for either the month of April or a specific day of the month and has students complete a task related to that event.

Spring Spelling Workbook There are sets of worksheets using spring words, Easter words, Passover words, and Arbor Day words.

Spring Season Lesson Plans

1. A Couch or a Potato- Students classify objects/organisms seen on the Wakulla Springs icam website as living or nonliving.
2. A Reason for the Season- Become a season sleuth. Learn the long and short of the changing of the seasons, then test your knowledge with our cosmic map.
3. A Teacher's Guide to Creating a School Butterfly Garden- The ideas and information in this section come from an article written by Jennifer Goodwin Smith in the January 1995 issue of Science and Children (p. 29-32).
4. Apple Tree in Seasons- After listening to the story, The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree , students will learn what happens to the apple tree during each of the four seasons.
5. BIOME: Deserts- In school and at field-based sites, students investigate the characteristics and history of deserts.
6. Bubbles- These activities are good in the spring or just before vacations when attention wanes.
7. Brown Bag Science- This is a hands-on science investigation on electricity. Students learn through the discovery method how electricity works.
8. Chip Off the Old Block- Students use cards showing pictures of adult and baby animals to identify similar characteristics shared by parents and their offspring.
9. 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. The green pigment overpowers the other colors during spring and summer. Using chromatography, students will be able to see the colors always present in a leaf, even if the only color they can see is green.
10. Drawing My Own Flower Structure- Flowers are something we see almost everyday especially with this time being Spring. To know the parts of a flower can help you understand the way they grow and reproduce.
11. Easter Egg Hunt- The purpose of this activity is to increase cardiovascular endurance and develop the components of health related fitness.
12. Easter Egg Orienteering Hunt- The purpose of this event is to develop map reading skills and teamwork.
13. Egg Lifeboats- The objective of this lesson is to design and test a space lifeboat to keep an egg from cracking when dropped from a second-story window.
14. Fastball Physics- In the spring , many students' thoughts turn to... baseball. This lesson uses baseball to teach the fundamentals of aerodynamics in a way that every student will enjoy. By experimenting with wind tunnel simulation software , students will learn about the forces that give airplanes their lift and curveballs their curve. A curveball contest will let students put their aerodynamic insight to the test.
15. Forcing Twigs for Indoor Bloom- This activity , in which students " force " twigs to bloom indoors , is the fruit of a collaboration between a registered horticultural therapist and a horticulture educator. All spring flowering trees and shrubs can be forced into bloom after they have completed their winter dormancy requirement.
16. Four Seasons Class Mural- Students will create a mural depicting themselves participating in an activity appropriate for the season they are studying.
17. From Seed to Plant- One of the most popular science units for a primary teacher is a unit on plants. This is a unit on plants and seeds that I wrote for use this spring with my children at Montessori Children's School in Vacaville, California.
18. How To Create A Rain Stick- The students will be able to appreciate the sounds of the rain forest and the rain stick.
19. Hummingbird Meteorology Projects- Some students will monitor and collect Meteorology data , especially during spring and fall migration of Hummingbirds , to determine possible effects of weather.
20. Integrating Math into a Spring Thematic Unit- Students will actively explore mathematical concepts through problem solving while in cooperative learning groups. Analysis, data collection, and investigative questions are all part of the scientific process of this lesson.
21. It's Spring! A Time For the Birds (And a Tape Recorder)- This column explores some ideas for recording bird songs for the classroom.
22. Measuring the Weather- Students will understand the various methods used to measure the various elements of weather.
23. Oobleck- Students explore the properties of a strange substance. In this experiment , students observe and experiment with a strange substance in an attempt to classify it. Includes sample answers and answer key.
24. Polarization Of Light- The objective of this lesson is to observe polarized light and how it is affected when it passes through stressed transparent plastic materials.
25. Rain- The children should know where the game comes from, and why it is important. They should be able to remember all the steps and be able to play the game by themselves.
26. Seasons For Kindergartners- It is hard for most of us to remember how confusing time was for us when we were young. Why is it snowing now? Why is sunny today? It's not even dark yet , why do I have to go to bed? Why is the tree in my front yard always changing?
27. Seeing Air Pollution- The objective of this lesson is to find out how dirty the air is in your neighborhood.
28. Sensational Seasons- This is the seventh lesson in the Unit, Weather Trackers. Students learn how seasonal weather patterns affect temperature and their lives through concrete, hands-on activities.
29. Simple Seasonal Sentences- Students will be moving to the music to find their sequencing partners in this stand up version of musical chairs. Students will organize a series of three pictures and as a group write sentences that will describe their pictures.
30. Spring Doesn't Bug Me- Students make a LADYBUG art item using math vocabulary and measurements of circles. Previously written Haiku poems are affixed to the LADYBUG for a Spring display.
31. Spring Egg- This is a lesson that encourages students to develop creative skills in art media.
32. Spring into Science- Students become investigative scientists through observing, recording, and analyzing data collected from Wakulla Springs Video Web Camera.
33. Starting Plants from Seeds- This seed-starting activity - perfect for April - is the fruit of a collaboration between a registered horticultural therapist and a horticulture educator. Starting seeds captures the promise of a new season.
34. Succeeding at Kite Day- Succeeding At Kite Day is a learning invitation that encourages students to design a successful kite for flying at the annual spring, school-wide Kite Day.
35. Watercolor Butterfly- Students will have fun making a beautiful butterfly, see the effects of salt and watercolor and learn about the anatomy of a butterfly all at the same time.
36. Yummy Plant Parts- Students will investigate plant anatomy and understand the importance of plants for animal (human) existence.