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Designing Effective Projects: Seasoning the School Year
Resources
Materials and Resources
Printed Materials
  • Belanger, C. (1997). Songs for the 4 seasons: I like the rain. Oxford, UK: Rigby.
  • Borden, L. (1989). Caps, hats, socks, and mittens. New York: Scholastic Inc.
  • Buscaglia, L. (1983). Fall of Freddie the leaf. Austin, TX: Holt Rinehart and Winston.
  • Gibbons, G. (1984). The season's of Arnold’s apple tree. Hong Kong: South China Printing Co. Ltd.
  • Helldorfer, M. (1994). Gather up, gather in. New York: Viking Books.
  • Pearson, S. (1988). My favorite time of year. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.
Supplies
  • Art supplies
  • Leaf press
  • Leaves collected by students
  • Trees near school property
  • If possible, find an orrery—a crank chain-driven earth/sun/moon model—so kids can play with rotation/tilt, and so forth
Internet Resources
  • Project Learning Tree
    www.oregonforests.org*
    Oregon Forest Research Institute “provides information on Oregon's forest practices and encourages sound forest management”
  • National Arbor Day Association
    www.arborday.org*
    The National Arbor Day Associations goal is to inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees
  • Audubon Society of Portland
    www.audubonportland.org/*
    "The Audubon Society of Portland promotes the understanding, enjoyment, and protection of native birds, other wildlife and their habitats”; this site is a good resource for learning how seasons affect nature
  • Teacher's Guide for Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems 
    http://kristinegeorge.com*
    This site is designed by Kristine O'Connell George and offers thematic poems related to seasons and nature
  • The Weather Channel
    www.weather.com*
    This site rovides data about local weather and weather around the world
Other Resources
  • Local park to visit and observe seasonal changes
Technology—Hardware
  • Computer to create student samples and access information on the Web
  • Digital camera to take pictures of the class each season by the class tree
  • Internet connection to access Web information related to seasons and weather
  • Printer to publish and print class newsletters, student support material, and teacher support material
  • Scanner to scan student work to import into class newsletters
Technology—Software
  • Desktop publishing for the class newsletters that will be created each season with desktop publishing software
  • Internet web browser to access information and gather data on weather around the world
  • Presentation software so students can create slideshow presentations
  • Word processing to create student and teacher support materials for the unit
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