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Leaf Lessons

Leaf Lessons. Visual and Performing Art Science Math Language Arts. What do we know about leaves?. They change color and drop in autumn. They have different shapes. They crunch and crackle when they’re dry. They smell when wet. What do we want to know?.

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Leaf Lessons

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  1. Leaf Lessons Visual and Performing Art Science Math Language Arts

  2. What do we know about leaves? • They change color and drop in autumn. • They have different shapes. • They crunch and crackle when they’re dry. • They smell when wet.

  3. What do we want to know? • What causes leaves to change color ? • What happens to leaves after they fall? • How many kinds of leaves at our school? • Why do leaves fall in autumn?

  4. What did we learn? • We made graphs: number, size, shape, and color • We used leaves to make pictures and patterns. • We measured and compared leaves from our tree. • We recorded the kinds of leaves at our school. • We listened and wrote leaf stories.

  5. Extensions • Recorded in our Science journals the number of leaves that fell under our tree, temperature and hours of daylight daily for three weeks. • Created a power point using photos of our art and completed one of two sentences i.e. I want to be the first leaf to fall…or I want to be the last leaf to fall… • We made a field guide for trees at our school. • Listened to poems and moved like leaves…

  6. References • Ft. Worth Botanic Gardens http://www.fwbg.org/kid_corner.htm • Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT)http://www.brit.org/education/great-trees/the-great-tree-ring/ • REAL School Gardens http://www.realschoolgardens.org/en/resources.html • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education,www.learnnc.org. • Creative commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ • Leaf photos by Lela Woods

  7. Reading Resources • The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia • Leaf Man and Red Leaf Green Leaf by Lois Ehlert • When Autumn Comesby Robert Maas • Why Do Leaves Change Color?by Betsy Maestro • Autumn Leavesby Ken Robbins

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