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Explore Autumn with Lessons, Activities, Poetry and Song

By Phil Nast, retired middle school teacher and freelance writer

Lesson Plans

Chlorophyll Extraction
Students in grades 6-12 students use paper chromatography to separate the many pigments from one another.

Seasons: Why It's Essential
Students in grades 9-12 review the basics of the seasons and design their own monuments to keep track of and commemorate the seasons.

Background Resources

• Migration
• Bird Migration
• Journey North's
  Monarch Butterfly Migration Tracking Project
• Meteor Showers OnlineProvides 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 Leaf Coloring Pages
• Leaf Color Pages & Sheets
• Free Leaves Coloring Pages

Clip Art

• Autumn and Fall Clip Art

Audio & Video

• Ode to AutumnKeats poem read by Robert Pinsky
• Vivaldi Four Seasons Autumn (10:55)
• VivaldiA brief biography of the composer and the sonnets Vivaldi wrote to accompany the Four Seasons.