Celebrate the beauty of trees with a packet full of activities designed to help kindergarteners get to know about their leafy nature friends. Covering a variety of subjects, scholars go on a nature hike, read Shel Silverstein's The...

The life of a tree is the focus of a packet consisting of several activities all covering a different subject. Second graders measure shadows, make pinecone critters, write poems, count rings, complete a word search, play tree tag, and...

Students "adopt" a tree and throughout the year record and examine its characteristics and the changes that it goes through.

Your advanced class will paint a picture of a particular weather condition. In this painting lesson students describe elements of art in pieces of artwork. They analyze the weather and seasons in the artwork. The students use paper,...

Students observe, measure, and sort tree leaves. They examine leaves individually, in groups, and in relationship to the entire tree. They become familiar with the seasonal changing of leaves. They realize that these and other changes...

Students discuss trees, leaves, and the growth process In this 1st - 3rd grade lesson plan, students identify various types of leaves, recognizing the differences in size and shape. Students create tracings of various leaves to...

Students explore the four seasons. In this seasons activity, students create a class tree. Students make leaves for the tree for each of the seasons. Students mark their paper into fourths and draw a picture of the seasons.

Students explore seasons.  In this cross curriculum weather and seasons lesson, students identify characteristics of the four seasons and sequence related pictures. Students listen to poems and stories about trees in different...

Students explore botany by researching plants in class. In this tree identification lesson, students examine a group of leaves and list the different characteristics before guessing what types of trees they came from. Students read about...

Learners help create a classroom display for use throughout the year in this Art-based cooperative-learning lesson. The display can then be modified for different seasons and activities. Ideas for season modifications are given.

Students participate in various fall activities. In this fall lesson, students take a trip to a farmers market and purchase the ingredients needed for vegetable soup. Students paint fall scenes and create a fall story. Students discuss...

Students create fall trees using brown paper, tissue paper, background colors, glue, markers and crayons in this Art and Science lesson about the changing of seasons. Emphasis is placed upon learning about the Fall season and creating...

In this fall tree worksheet, students cut and paste the leaf and apple shapes onto a tree made from their fingers. Students have 6 shapes to cut out.

Learners study and explore the season of fall and investigate why fall leaves change color. Students explore the crayon resist technique and discuss other events of the fall season.

Students create a class mural showing them involved in different activities appropriate for the season they are examining. They describe the season they are examining and activities related to it. They practice using their listening and...

Students discover representations in art, religion and cultural practices of the flora and fauna of specific geographical regions in this early elementary lesson plan. The lesson ends with a mural project by the entire class.

Young scholars observe their local forest and document the change that occurs over the school year.  For this forestry instructional activity, students utilize a GPS to mark a certain area of the woods as their study area for the...

Students use examples of Joseph Raffael's art of nature to create an all-school mosaic of a tree in spring using clay.

Students are introduced to the different climate regions of Canada. In groups, they discuss ways in which people are affected by the weather and how it limits their outdoor activities. They use artwork by Robert Harris to predict what...

Students listen to the poem Fall Colors and find their favorite Fall color.  In this Fall color lesson, students recognize the Fall color words.  Students make leaf prints with their favorite colors. Students talk about their...

Students make painted hand prints to cut out and use as fall leaves.

Students look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.