Subject(s): Art, Science, Seasonal Grades(s): Grades PreK-1

By – Erendira Vargas

Primary Subject – Science

Secondary Subjects – Art

Grade Level – K

Learning objective: Using crayons and paper, the student must illustrate the effect the seasons have on trees. They will learn how the seasons change the trees physically.

Materials: crayons and construction paper

Student should be seated at their individual desks after you have given them a pre-made construction paper booklet.

Introduction:

Do trees look the same all year round? Why do you think trees lose their leaves?

Let the students make their own predictions and then explain to them how the seasons begin to change the appearance of a tree. Then let them illustrate what you have just explained in their book.

Step 1: Tell them to put their name on the first page and

Step 2: Draw a tree on a spring day.

Step 3: Then a tree in summer.

Step 4: Then a tree in the fall.

Step 5: Then a tree in winter.

Closure: When does the tree have the most leaves? When does it have no leaves?

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