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Discuss insulation and natural insulating materials/behaviours (feathers, fur, fat/blubber, huddling, homes, etc.). In pairs students receive a water bottle (representing a chick). Fill with warm water, measure temperature and insulate the bottle (wrap in paper, newspaper, cloth, etc.). Each student pair places their “chick” outside in a chosen spot or “chick home”, and records the temperature of the home/chick’s body (water inside bottle). Wrap-up: best insulating materials. Pre-experiment idea: Get crafty and have the groups to make their water bottles look like chicks (ie: feathers, googly eyes, etc.) before conducting the experiment.
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Discuss seasons and senses. Worksheet optional – Explain worksheet symbols. Students find and draw signs and circle the sense they used. Wrap-up: location of signs, sense most used, predict summer signs.
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Discuss seasons and senses. Explain worksheet symbols. Students find and draw signs and circle the sense they used. Wrap-up: location of signs, sense most used, predict spring signs.
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Discuss signs of the seasons. Focus on fall. Outside students search for and check off the signs of fall. Wrap-up: share findings, winter predictions, etc.
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Students will be asked about the 4 seasons. Can they name them all? Does our environment look the same during all these seasons? What are some of the things we would see or do in the summer? What about the winter? What season is it right now? How do they know this – what signs have they seen that tell us it is fall? (students will likely discuss the changing colors, falling leaves, colder weather)
