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Students examine and discuss photosynthesis, and how the change of season affects the color of leaves. They perform an experiment that analyzes leaf pigmentation through chromatography, and write an essay describing the results.
Students study the 4 seasons and the characteristics that each season contains. In this seasons lesson plan, students discuss holidays in that season, sort pictures, and list the changes of the seasons.
Young scholars consider the interdependency of life in a temperate forest by studying selected organisms from an Asian temperate forest and creating a food web.
Students build tools to help track the weather. In this weather lesson, students follow directions to build a rain gauge, barometer and hair hygrometer.
Young scholars gain knowledge about the impact of drought in agriculture. They investigate soil types, water flow, and various erosion conditions which occur during a drought and see how farming practices changed after the 1930's.
Students collect, interpret, and map data. They conduct botanical research and discover that some places have more natural diversity than others do. They conduct a nature walk around the schoolyard and each group reports its findings to the others.
Students become familiar with the work of Claude Monet and his garden paintings. In this Monet lesson plan, students compare the garden works of Claude Monet. Students examine pictures for the colors in his paintings. Students complete a word search to find the English and French names of the colors.
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Students make measurements and calculations to determine the stream flow of an outdoor stream site. For this stream characteristics lesson, students travel to a field site to construct a transect across a stream and measure the stream's velocity. They also use three methods to determine the stream discharge and compare the different results found from each method.
Fifth graders use a real life scenario of the wetlands to gather information on creatures of the habitat. In this wetlands instructional activity, 5th graders research the interdependence of organisms in a healthy habitat. Students collected samples and photographs in groups on field trips. Students classify their information and share what they've learned.