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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Graphing Fall Leaves

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use leaf classifications they created to graph the properties of leaves they collected on their playground.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Describing Fall Leaves Through Words and Music

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars collect, describe, and sort leaves found outside. As a cross-curricular component, they will improvise on musical instruments in a way that they feel describes a dominant leaf characteristic.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Celebrating Fall

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the autumn scene while learning math, literacy, and science at the same time! These fall-themed resources highlight ways to make traditional fall activities - like visiting the apple orchard, going on nature hikes, and collecting...
Handout
Other

Backyard Nature: Leaves

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do plants have leaves? Are there leafless plants? Why do leaves fall in the Fall? Discover the answers to these questions and many more as you peruse this site.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Celebrating Fall: Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the autumn scene while learning math, literacy, and science at the same time! These fall-themed resources highlight ways to make traditional fall activities -- like visiting the apple orchard, going on nature hikes, and...
Activity
Science Made Simple

Science Made Simple: Why Leaves Change Color

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is a site that offers answers to some often hard to answer questions such as why do leaves change colors. Provides an easy to understand answer to the question along with a section that students can read on their own, a puzzle,...
Handout
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Why Do Leaves Change Color?

For Students 9th - 10th
Simple, but thorough explanation of fall colors in deciduous forests. Where the color comes from and how trees lose their leaves.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fall

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Unit study of leaves and online resources that incorporate science and math for kindergarten.
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Other

Maine.gov: Fall Foliage

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out what makes North American trees turn their beautiful fall colors in the autumn season.
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Other

The Virtual Vine: Pumpkins Aplenty, Pumpkins Galore

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This online lesson plan on pumpkins includes a booklist, projects, and songs, as well as many other creative activities for students.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Newton's Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Newton's Law for falling objects including terminal velocity, the three stages of falling, a diagram showing what happens to the speed of a skydiver from airplane to ground, velocity-time graphs for falling...
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Digital History

Digital History: The War Is Finished [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the end of the Vietnam War after the peace agreement in January, 1973. Find out about the violations of the agreement by both the North and South Vietnamese and the eventual fall of the South Vietnamese government.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Thanksgiving Crafts, Decorations, and Printouts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Enchanted Learning provides a wealth of Thanksgiving-related ideas for crafts, decorations, and activity worksheets. Make a turkey from handprints and footprints, create a thankful leaf wreath or a easy-to-make scarecrow, or follow the...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Autumn

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students recognize the signs of autumn and explains the process of trees losing their leaves. A KWL chart, interactive activities, and Activote questions are included.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: I Wonder: Writing Scientific Explanations With Students

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students choose a question to explore, research it using a variety of resources, organize their information on a TCF chart, and then collaboratively write a class scientific explanation.
Unit Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Songs and Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General George D. Bayard

For Students 9th - 10th
General Bayard, born in Seneca Falls, N. Y., December 18th 1835, died December 14th, 1862, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1856. He was assigned to the First Cavalry. Four years were passed in frontier and...
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Curated OER

Leaf Graphic

For Students 9th - 10th
A friendly information packed site from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources that easily explains why and how leaves change color and why they fall. There are colorful illustrations and appropriate vocabulary words with...

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