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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Leaf Walk: Observing and Investigating Leaves

For Teachers K - 1st
Using trees around school, students will collect and observe leaves so they can compare them in their science notebook.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: First Grade Collecting Leaves With the Book Leaf Man

For Teachers K - 1st
In this environmental science activity, students go on a leaf walk and collect different types of leaves, and then brainstorm characteristics of their leaves then classify them.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Airplanes and Airports: How to Take Off Without Ever Leaving the Ground

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Smithsonian Education presents "Airplanes and Airports: How to Take Off Without Ever Leaving the Ground." Teachers can download this teaching package that discusses airplanes and airports. Included in the discussion are the forces of...
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Lesson Plan
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.
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Primary
Other

University of South Carolina: Leaves of Grass

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of South Carolina site, presented by the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, chronicles the publication history of Whitman's many revisions of "Leaves of Grass." Includes photographs of rare copies of early...
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Professional Doc
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...
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Prehistoric Climate Change and Why It Matters Today

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In a lesson in this issue of Smithsonian in Your Classroom, students do the work of a team of paleontologists studying a time of rising carbon dioxide and rapid global warming during the Eocene epoch. By examining fossils of tree leaves,...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Printable Lesson: Leaf Hunt!

For Students Pre-K - K
In this printable lesson, children will compare and collect different leaves.
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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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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Going on a Leaf Hunt!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students go outside take a closer look at leaves on a tree. The students collect leaves of different shapes or colors, and then sort into categories, and compare and contrast them to leaves that are non-native to Minnesota.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Promoting Environmental Awareness Through Culture and Exploration

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, the story of Turtle Island is told to the students. Each student will collect leaves and bring one to school, every day, for about a month. Discuss as a class where they come from and why they are all different....
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Talking Leaves: An Indian Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of William Osborn Stoddard's The Talking Leaves: An Indian Story has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Activity
Other

Catch the Science Bug: Colors in a Leaf [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 6th
Activity involves collecting leaves to compare green leaves with fall leaves that have changed color. Students will record data on an observation sheet.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Why Are Trees Important?

For Teachers K - 1st
After reading about trees and having a class discussion, students go to a local park to observe trees and collect leaves. Back in class, the leaves are sorted and identified to see what tree types are most common. Additional ideas for...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Plant Life in Our Nature Center

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this Nature Center activity, students will apply knowledge from our classifying living things unit. They will compare what they already know about leaves to actual leaf samples. After collecting 5 leaves and keeping them in a journal,...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design Weather Instruments Using Lego Sensors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will design and create a LEGO structure that will house and protect a temperature sensor. They will leave the structure in a safe spot and check the temperature regularly and chart it.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Minnesota Tree Blitz

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity serves as an introduction to tree identification and helps students learn about the natural world around them. While exploring trees of Minnesota, students will recognize biodiversity of trees and learn how to observe,...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Foreigner by Ralph Connor

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel The Foreigner by Ralph Connor. This is the story of the Kalmar family, primarily the son Kalman, The father brings the two children to Canada leaving them in the custody of their stepmother who betrays...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. Packard

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. Packard. In the previous book of adventures, we met Jimmie Dale, a wealthy playboy by day, who at night put on a disguise and became The Gray Seal, a...
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Eleventh Hour by Ethel M. Dell

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the British novel The Eleventh Hour by Ethel M. Dell; it was adapted into The Eleventh Hour, a 1922 British silent film. The film revolves around Doris Elliott, who marries farmer Jeff Ironside, but quickly tires...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Tree Leaf Identification and Leaf Display Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
In this Biology field activity, students collect tree leaves and seeds to make an identified collection after drying in a plant press, a phone book, or in magazines.
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Lesson Plan
Michigan Reach Out

Reach Out Michigan: Have You Ever Met a Tree

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan has students identify trees, perform bark rubbings and sketches, collect leaves, and then introduce a tree to their classmates.
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Website
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...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Statue of Liberty Seen From the s.s. Coamo Leaving New York

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of historic photographs of the Statue of Liberty.