Read Works
Read Works: "City Autumn"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Joseph Moncure March describing autumn in the city. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: "The Sheaves"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Edward Arlington Robinson about the coming of autumn. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: It Is Apple Season
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about apple trees during each of the four seasons. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in determining the author's purpose.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Notes on the Seasons
This resource consists of guided notes that are designed to be filled out by students. Designed for the purpose as being a study tools, teachers may also distribute blank copies of these guided notes and have them serve as stand-alone...
NASA
Nasa Star Child: A Song for All Seasons
After listening to excerpts from four of the violin concertos from "The Four Seasons" by Italian composer and violinist, Antonio Vivaldi, decide which excerpt was meant to go with which season, and also decide where the earth would be in...
Science Made Simple
Science Made Simple: Why Leaves Change Color
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,...
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Press: Nietzsche's Travels
Sample of photos and quotes from Nietzsche's travel diaries in his later years. Illuminates the personality of the great philosopher.
PBS
Pbs: Why Do We Have Seasons?
A student-directed tutorial showing all aspects of seasons, including Earth's tilt position in relation to the sun, photos of typical weather during that season, and some informational text to support the visuals.
Math Drills
Math Drills: Seasonal Math Worksheets
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your math skills. These seasonal-themed math worksheets focus on topics such as patterning, mixed operations, and addition.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Seasonal Observations
Have you ever wondered what is going on under the snow? Why leaves change colors? How migratory birds find their way? Find the answers and check out these ideas on how to explore, discuss, or celebrate based on our four seasons!
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Seasonal Observations: Fall
Fall begins with the autumnal equinox, usually around September 22 or 23. The equinox is the time of the year when we have equal length of night and day.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Be the Change: Yard Care
Follow the suggestions here for a fall leaf cleanup in your yard.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Celebrating Fall: Collection
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...
Other
Sebastian Swan: In the Autumn
An interactive story about the autumn and all the colorful things that can be found during this time of year.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids Science: Earth's Seasons
Kids learn about the science of the seasons - winter, spring, summer, and autumn. Why we have them due to the Earth's tilt.
Other
Woodland Trust: Nature Detectives
Become a nature detective when you join the wildlife club. There are an abundance of activities to do, fun things to create, games and puzzles to play, and much more all designed to help you become a nature expert.
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tar Heel Reader: Seasons
Find out about the four seasons with this digital version of a picture book.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: The Seasons
Learn about the four seasons, when they occur in the northern and southern hemispheres, and why the seasons change as the Earth rotates around the Sun.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Christmas and Other Holidays Around the World
[Free Registration/Login Required] Christmas and many other November and December holidays around the world are explored through engaging web links.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fall
[Free Registration/Login Required] Unit study of leaves and online resources that incorporate science and math for kindergarten.
Other
Autumnal Equinox From the Electronic Sky
This site, written by an amateur astronomer with 30 years of study and interest, explains the equinox with photos and charts.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Autumn
[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.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Watching the Seasons Change: Fall
This is an appropriate resource for investigating the impact seasonal change has on organisms. Have your students track the changes that come with fall by journaling. The online table addresses physical changes in the environment...
Other
Maine.gov: Fall Foliage
Find out what makes North American trees turn their beautiful fall colors in the autumn season.