Fall is the perfect time to bring the changing seasons to life in your classroom with engaging, hands-on science activities. From exploring colorful leaves to investigating the color change in leaves, these fall science activities are designed to spark curiosity and make learning about the seasons easy for you and fun for your students. Whether it’s outdoor observations or simple classroom experiments, these activities will keep your kindergarteners excited and eager to learn!
Start with a Good Book
This unit is the perfect way to integrate literacy and science together. Who says you have to use boring textbooks or readers to teach about seasons? There are tons of great picture books that will grab your students’ attention. They are a great way to open and introduce an activity as well! Check out my favorite book list in my Amazon store!
No Planning Necessary!
You heard it! How nice would it be just to copy and paste activities straight to your lesson plan document? These fall science activities provide a detailed, easy to read lesson plan document. With just a few simple supplies, the entire week is planned and ready to go.
Literacy Integration
Along with a list of great books, there some great literacy integration activities to get your students excited about the fall season! Each day we read the provided Fall poem, the interactive poem and fall reader. These resources are great for introducing fall related vocabulary words as well as fluency practice and word recognition.
Hands On Investigations
Going outside to look at leaves is not going to keep your learners engaged. Hands on investigations are the perfect way to encourage learning through visual learning and asking questions. This unit first starts with an outside nature walk. Take them around the school to find their perfect leaf for later in the week.
The next day, students use their leaf to complete their leaf investigation. With this investigation activity, they draw a picture of their leaf, describe it’s size, color and shape.
A lot of students ask why change color. And that’s a great question! I included a fun experiment to explain what happens when chlorophyll breaks down in leaves. What a great experiment to focus on vocabulary words AND unseen concepts!
By the end of the week, we come together to observe our leaves. This leads to a great writing activity at the end to assess understanding!
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