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Discuss deciduous plants and plant structure: twig, bud, bud scale scar, bark and lenticels. Students choose a deciduous plant and complete the drawings and measurements on the worksheet. Wrap-up: share last year’s plant growth and discuss factors that affected the plants’ growth over the last year.
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Students answer questions about a plant chosen from the natural area (including measurements). Wrap up: Discuss students’ answers, prominent plant attributes/adaptations, seasonal changes, etc.
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Discuss different types of poems including stanzas, rhyme, etc. Students can review these poem examples to solidify content or prepare for their own writing efforts.
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Discuss food webs, producers, consumers (primary and secondary), decomposers and examples and evidence of each that we can find outside. Students search for the organisms on the worksheet and describe what they find. Wrap-up: share findings and summarize the food web at work in the natural area.
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Check out Progressive Agriculture’s Daily Learning Drops that offer various safety and health-related activities and demonstrations using a fun, unique and hands-on approach. As the children are home, now is the perfect time to think about adopting safer practices and healthier lifestyles.
Curriculum and activities are designed for students ages 4 to 13.
