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Fall Science

An excerpt from a neat broadcast of Home School Heartbeat:


As fall fruit and foliage peak, help your children learn what makes it happen! You can find botany information in biology books or online. Anna Botsford Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study is an interesting guide to studying nature firsthand through observation.

This fall, explore with your students why leaves change color. The main factors are temperature, moisture, and length of day. If you live in an area with fall foliage, make a list of factors that might have contributed to the brilliant or lackluster display you see this autumn.

There are simple chromatography experiments that your students could do as a science project with either green leaves or leaves that have changed colors. Check online for instructions.

Remember pressing leaves? Let your students preserve the splendor of autumn by pressing leaves with a warm iron in wax paper. Collect leaves from as many different trees as you can, and use them later in the year to identify trees by leaf characteristics.

If you live in an area without fall foliage, you can still focus on botany! Take advantage of the harvest season to learn about how fruits mature. Choose a locally-grown fruit and illustrate a chart of its development process.

Have fun with fall science experiments!

Science Supplies on Sale

I caught this sale from Ward's Natural Science...

10% off Owl Pellets, Activities, and More
Illustrate concepts of ecology, the food web, and predator behavior with safe, sterilized owl pellets from Ward's. The dissection of owl pellets helps students understand the life of owls and their prey. Now save 10% off any Ward's owl-related product, including pellets, posters, and activities. Take advantage of this offer before it flies away - promotion expires Saturday, September 27th.

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Hoo Eats Who? Making an Owl Food Web Lab Activity
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Creation Science Resource

I haven't actually taken the time to dig into this site too much, but I'm afraid I'm going to lose the business card, so I'm "storing" the info here... :)

Creation Ministries international has a website specifically for creation/evolution information, which sounds like a good resource for doing your reasearch as you teach basic Science to your kiddos: www.CreationOnTheWeb.com (or .org ).

Check it out and let me know what you think....