Spring
Awakenings
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Web Links
BrainPOP.com, an award-winning site, offers original animated movies that answer kids' questions about health, science, and technology. The site provides an interactive quiz while movies load. To visit the site and watch their two minute Photosynthesis movie, click on the icon above. Note: This is a subscription site, but selected movies are available without a subscription.
The Variations on a Leaf Puppet Show is one of dozens of puppet shows you will find in Hands-On Nature: Information and Activities for Exploring the Environment with Children by The Vermont Institute of Natural Science. Assign a small group of students to create props and conduct this puppet show for the class. Click on the icon above to download this puppet show.
Yahooligans suggests sites that explain photosynthesis. Click on the icon above to see search results.
"This Bud's for You" is an online article published by the Western North Carolina Nature Center that gives extensive information about buds in the spring. Click on the icon above. |
Books
Sugarbush Spring by Marsha Wilson Chall--In the month of the Maple Sugar Moon, the snow's too wet for angel making, icicles rain from Grandpa's porch roof, and something is stirring in the woods. It's sugarbush spring--time to tap the trees, prepare the bottles, then gather round the cook fire to eat chicken and dumplings, roast marshmallows, and tell stories while the cold sap heats through, thickens, and boils to make syrup. ISBN 0-688-14907-3
The Grandad Tree by Trish Cooke uses gentle text and sensitive illustrations by Sharon Wilson to share the celebration of the cycle of life. A wonderful classroom read aloud. ISBN 0-7636-0815-7
Hands-On Nature: Information and Activities for Exploring the Environment with Children by The Vermont Institute of Natural Science is a wonderful teacher resource which contains hundreds of activities including outdoor investigations, puppet shows, and more. It is a great life science resource for the elementary classroom. Copies can be ordered at 1-800-421-1561. ISBN 1-58465-078-8 |
