Lesson Plan

Why Leaves Change Lesson Plan

Leaves do not turn yellow. They stop being green, and the colors underneath finally get their turn. Spend a week finding out why.

This five-day unit gives you a ready-to-teach plan for three levels, Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8), with the same rhythm every day: Reading, Writing and Words, Science and Math, Hands-on Project, then Friday Show and Tell. Littles find hidden colors and make a leaf sun-catcher. Middles run a leaf chromatography lab with a data table and press a bookmark. Bigs calculate Rf values, write like a scientist, build a field guide to six local trees and debate whether to rake the leaves or leave them.

Perfect for homeschool families, multi-age classrooms, fall nature study and plant units.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for each of three levels
• Parts of a Leaf label sheet with answer key
• Chromatography lab sheets at three depths
• Sequence cards, cut-and-sort pages and a writing page for every level
• Word search, crossword or maze, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards, a book list and a certificate per level

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