Autumn-Themed Classroom Resources, Grades 6-8
Explore Autumn with Lessons, Activities, Poetry and Song
Lesson Plans
Recording the Changing Seasons in Ancient Times
Students in grades 6-8 learn about Stonehenge and read some ancient myths and stories explaining the seasons.
Chlorophyll Extraction
Students in grades 6-12 students use paper chromatography to separate the many pigments from one another.
Activities
Bird Migration Game
Answer questions about migratory birds and help a Wood Thrush get closer to her favorite forest where she'll be able to find a mate, build a nest, and lay her eggs.
- Leaf Rubbings (YouTube)
- Wax Paper Leaf Collage (YouTube)
Background Resources
- MigrationBird Migration
- Journey North'sMonarch Butterfly Migration Tracking Project
- Meteor Showers Online
- Provides a calendar with major and minor meteor showers.
- Poetry of Autumn
- Songs of Insects: Online Guide to Insects Songs
- Meteorology Guide: The Online Guides
Includes a module on hurricanes.
Printables
Fall Word Search
Deciduous Trees Word Search Puzzle
Coloring Pages
Fall Printables for KidsConnect the dots, word scrambles, mazes, coloring pages, and boggles pages.
Clip Art
Audio & Video
- Ode to AutumnKeats poem read by Robert Pinsky
- Vivaldi Four Seasons Autumn (10:55)
- Vivaldi
A brief biography of the composer and the sonnets Vivaldi wrote to accompany the Four Seasons.
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