Expert - Seasons

Seasons
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Nature Study
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Nature Study
20 Day Outline:
Below you will find the 20-day schedule that we will be following during this nature study!
Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four Day Five
Seasonal Rhythms Solstices Equinoxes Snowpack Graphing Group STEM:

Seasonal Color Palette Seasonal Photo Spring/Autumn
Mystery Comparison
Simile/Metaphor
Day Six Day Seven Day Eight Day Nine Day Ten
Monsoon Doodle Flood Video Group Art:

Drought Chain of Food Inquiry
Notes Vocab Vivaldi 4 Seasons
Events 100 Mile Diet
Heat Spiral Demo Summary
Day Eleven Day Twelve Day Thirteen Day Fourteen Day Fifteen
Land Managment Harvest Ag Food Preservation 4 Seasons Myth Group Poetry &
Soil Predictions Ingredients in Ilustrate Teatime
Consumer Products
Day Sixteen Day Seventeen Day Eighteen Day Nineteen Day Twenty
Final Project Intro Write Poems using Write Poems using Publish Poetry Project
Seasons Poetry Templates Templates Anthology Presentations &
Anthology
Party
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Day 1 Daily
Seasonal Rhythms, pg 5 -
Seasonal Color Palette, pgs 6-10
Day 2
Solstices, 11
Seasonal Photo Mystery, pgs 12-14
Day 3
Equinoxes, pg 14
Notes
Spring/Autumn Comparison, pg 15
Simile/Metaphors, pg 16-18
You'll need a sunny day
to test the sundial.
Day 4
Snowpack Graphing, pgs 19-25
Day 5
Group STEM - Build a Sundial, pgs 26-27
Seasonal Rhythms
The seasons dictate a lot of our day

to day lives. Fill in each quadrant
with rhythms you have during that
season. Winter, Spring, Summer,
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Seasonal
COLOR PALETTE
One way to visually represent the seasons is through color palettes or color schemes that
include predominant colors from that season.
Palette
Medium
Reference Create a palette with at
Choose a medium for around 8 colors for each
your colors. season.
Watercolors
Markers If using watercolors, use
The images provided Pencil Crayons watercolor paper. If using
and identify the Crayons other mediums, you can use
common colors for
the paint strip templates.
each season.
NAME: Each color needs a
unique name.
WINTER
SPRING
SUMMER
AUTUMN
WINTER
SPRING
SUMMER
AUTUMN
Summer Solstices Winter
All About the Axis

The Earth's axis is an imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth and exits at each pole. The
Earth rotates this axis once every 24 hours, giving us day and night. The Earth sits on a tilt of 23.5° and
this tilt means that at times during the Earth's orbit of the Sun (365 days), certain parts of the earth will
be closer or farther away from the Sun.
It also greatly affects the amount of daylight an area will have in one 24-hour period. When that region is
tilted towards the sun, it will have longer days. When it is tilted away from the sun, it will have shorter
days. At summer solstice at the North Pole, they have 24-hour sunlight which is called the Polar Day. The
sun actually does not set for 6 months. The reverse is true for winter solstice, where they have 24-hour
darkness.
It's time to test your understanding of seasons and light. You will be
Mystery presented with six photographs from around the world taken at different
times of day. Each photograph has a time stamp on it.
Your job is to carefully inspect the photograph and determine the season it
was taken it. Beside the photo, write your reasons for that deduction. Try to
include at least two reasons for each photograph.
1:00 pm
5:00 pm
8:00 am
8:00 pm
NORTH POLE
12:00 am
9:00 am
Spring Equinox
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice
EQUINOXES
Autumn Equinox
Spring vs Autumn
Do you prefer spring or autumn? Why?
Because both spring and autumn occur when there are relatively even days and nights, they
have a lot of similarities. When you look at them within the context of an entire cycle of the
Earth's year though, we see their differences. These similarities and differences affect our
lives and how we live during these seasons.
On the next page, fill in the chart listing characteristics of both spring and autumn.
After completing the list, use a highlighter to highlight any similarities.
SPRING AUTUMN
Simile
Figures
of Speech SIMILE
A comparison between two unlike things
using the words "like," "as," or "than." META
PHOR
e.g. "Bob was as brave as a lion."
Metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things not
using the words "like," "as," or "than."
e.g. "Life is a box of chocolates."
Using the list you created, write 2 similes and 2 metaphors for both spring and autumn.
Extra Practice
Try writing a few for winter

and summer as well.
SNOW SNOWPACK
PACK
Snow is a crucial part of the
water cycle and the snow that
accumulates on the earth’s
surface as a solid is an important
reservoir of water.
Though we may not be thinking of our gardens or

crops much during the winter, the amount of snow
that falls is a big indicator of the success of the
growing season ahead. When the snow melts in the
spring, it turns to water that is absorbed by the soil,
and whatever can’t be absorbed at that speed is
called run-off. This run-off finds its way to streams,
Because the amount of snow that falls
rivers, and lakes.
is so important to the water cycle as a
whole, hydrologists regularly measure
the snow depth at various points to
determine how much water there will
be in that area and its drainage basins in
the spring.
Snowpack is the term used for the

mass of snow that is compressed and
hardened by its own weight.
Hydrologists will take a core sample of
the snow to check its depth and density
(how much water is contained in that
snow), and then calculate the snow
water equivalent.
SNOW
It’s important to note that filling a 1L container with
snow will not result in 1L of water when it melts.
Remember that snow is a collection of millions of
crystals and due to their lattice structure, there is a lot
PACK
of air in any volume of snow. Some snow is “wetter”
than other snow depending on the conditions, but
snow is always less dense than water. When snow
melts, the air is removed and there will be less volume
of water than there was snow. The amount of water
that snow holds is expressed as the snow water
equivalent.
Scan or click
to watch
SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT DATA

On the next page, you'll find a table of data from the years Graph Review
2001-2010 from the Yellowhead sample site in BC, Canada.
It shows the depth of the snow, the density percentage,
and the snow water equivalent.
GRAPH
On the graph paper included you'll need to :
1. Create a Bar Graph of the Snow Depths Label your X and Y axis
Find your lowest and highest values and
create a scale that suits, e.g. 1 box = 10 cm
2. Create a Line Chart of the Water Equivalents Label the year for each value
After observing your graphs, answer the

3. Create a Line Chart of the Density %
questions included.
SNOWPACK YELLOWHEAD SAMPLE SITE
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
WATER
SNOW DEPTH DENSITY
YEAR EQUIVALENT
(cm) %
(mm)
2001 83 189 23
2002 102 262 26
2003 98 321 33
2004 144 417 29
2005 165 534 32
2006 168 578 34
2007 97 253 26
2008 140 403 29
2009 121 431 36
2010 83 225 28
SNOW
PACK S
Based on the data, how does the density affect the snow water equivalent?
What was the average What was the range of water What was the median
snowfall depth for the decade? amounts over the decade? water density?
Which year yielded the

greatest amount of water?
BUILD A SIMPLE
Sundial
The sundial is one of the first time-keeping devices
invented and it uses the position of the Sun in the sky and
the shadow it casts to tell time. The earliest evidence of
sundials comes from ancient Egypt in the 3500s BCE.
As we know, the Sun spins on its axis in a full rotation

every 24 hours. We know that due to the tilt of the Earth
though, the amount of daylight changes with where the
Earth is in its orbit of the Sun.
We're going to make a simple sundial today that will show you the concept of a
sundial. If you'd like to make a more accurate one, you can figure out your latitude
and plug it into this generator.
Note: You will need to place the

Materials sundial out at noon on a sunny
sundial template day, so take that into account
when planning the activity.
pencil or straw North
cardboard or paper plate for
the base
something to weigh the sundial
11 12 1 2
down outdoors so it doesn't 10
9 3
blow away.
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Procedure
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Cut out the template and glue it to a paper

plate or cardboard.
Poke a hole in the black circle and place
your pencil or straw in the hole. 6 6
At NOON place the sundial outside, face it
north, and line it up so that shadow cast by gnomon
the gnomon is at the 12.
Leave it and check back every hour to check
it's accuracy.
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2 1 12 1
North
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Day 1 Daily
Monsoon Doodle Notes, pgs 29-30 -
Heat Spiral Demo, pg 31
Day 2
Drought Chain of Events, pgs 32-34
Day 3
Food Inquiry, pg 35
Notes
100 Mile Diet, pg 36
If more support is
needed for the drought
Day 4 chain of events, there
are filled-out events in
Floods + Video, pg 37 the Senior workbook.
Flood Vocab, pg 38
Summary, pgs 39-40
Day 5
Group ART - Vivaldi 4 Seasons Listen and Paint, pgs
41-44
Doodle notes
ons
Watch me first!
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ns Typically people think of great rains when they think of
o a monsoon. However, a monsoon is a change in the

prevailing (strongest) winds in a region. This change in
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prevailing winds can have the effect of a very dry season

or a very wet season.
Monsoons switch directions

between winter and summer.
Monsoons bring very wet
summers to regions they affect.
Monsoons bring very dry winters

to regions they affect.
In the summer, the land heats up

and HOT AIR ALWAYS RISES.
The ocean water is cooler than the When the warm air rises, the cool
land and the moist, cool air stays ocean air rushes in and brings with it
lower. a lot of moisture that falls as heavy
rains.
Monsoon winds
always blow from
cold to warm.
In winter, this is reversed and the
air over the ocean is warmer than
that over the land.
In this case, the warm air rises over the ocean and
the cool air over the land rushes toward the ocean.
Moisture is being moved away from the land and it
is a very dry season.
The largest monsoon regions are South Asia and

West Africa, but monsoons also affect North
Australia and the Gulf of Mexico in the USA
(slightly).
Some of the rainiest regions in the world are in the

path of monsoon winds. The town of Cherrapunji, in
northeastern India, has an average rainfall of 107
inches (273 centimeters) for the month of July alone.
Monsoons are crucial to farming in India, but

the timing is also important. As well, too little
rain can cause crops to fail and too much rain
can cause flooding and destruction.
HEAT SPIRAL MINI DEMO
MATERIALS Cut out the spiral. DISCUSS
Tape a thread roughly 12 inches long to
paper spiral the top (center) of the spiral. How this relates to monsoons.
thread Turn on the lamp and hold the spiral
tape over the lamp.
scissors Watch as the heated air rises and creates
lamp a current that spins the spiral.
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DROUGHT
is a period of abnormally
low precipitation leading
to a shortage of water.
The more we study nature, the more it should become obvious that everything is interconnected. It is
rare that one element of nature can be drastically affected without it causing an effect on other
elements of nature around it. Precipitation has a profound effect on all of nature including humanity.
As with most things, there is a bit of a "Goldilocks zone" or balanced state. Too little precipitation
results in drought and famine, whereas too much precipitation results in floods and
oversaturated/waterlogged soil.
Chain Reaction - a series of events so related to one another that each one initiates the next.
Abnormally low precipitation for a prolonged period of time sets off a chain of events throughout nature.
On the next page, you'll find strips where you will write down each event that you can think of in the order
that they occur. You may have an event that has several reactions - write them all down. (Reference the reading
in the teacher's guide for ideas, as well as research your own.)
Once you've written them all down, cut the strips and connect them as a paper chain. If you have an event with
multiple reactions, attach both events to the initiating event, creating a fork in the chain.
How long of a chain can you create?
Do you recognize the

storyline from "If You
Give a Mouse a Cookie"?
The whole story is built
on a chain of events.
Abnormally low precipitation for a prolonged period of time.
WHERE DOES YOUR FOOD COME FROM?
Whether we recognize it or not, our daily lives are affected by

growing seasons globally. In our current times, food is
transported over vast distances in order to feed the world and
offer a variety of foods to consumers.
Go through your kitchen cupboards and fridge and identify the foods
you have and where they came from. Most foods will have where they
were packaged as well as information on where the food was grown.
Look for "Product of _______" to find out where it was grown. Try to
look at fresh produce as well as canned and dried goods.
FOOD PRODUCT OF FOOD PRODUCT OF
What would it look like if you could only eat foods grown within 100 miles of your
home? Are there foods you'd never be able to eat again?
People who live in climates with cold, snowy winters are not able to grow much of
100 MILE DIET
anything during that long season and would have to rely on preserved food stores
(as their ancestors did).
Imagine that you can only eat food grown or harvested within 100 Use this list to itemize
miles of your home. Create a grocery list for these foods. (Assume foods you'd likely never be
your grocery store carries preserved options of these foods during able to eat again without
winter.) traveling.
FLOODS
Floods are powerful forces of
7,000 years of
nature and as you learned in Epic Floods
the reading, they can have both
positive and negative (even
devastating) effects.
Floods have the ability to drastically

alter the landscape of a geographical
region. Scan or click the QR code to
watch a video about the mystery of the
Missoula Floods.
Have you ever witnessed a

flood? Large or small?
FLOODS
Terminology
Flood Water that has covered land that is normally dry.
Land that is directly next to the river that can be flooded when
Flood Plain
the river overflows its banks.
Hydrology The study of water.
Hydrologist A scientist who studies water.
Sudden floods caused by heavy rains. Small streams and rivers

Flash Flood can overflow banks, or over-saturated soil can cause flooding
because the water has nowhere to go.
Water Shed The area drained by one river system.
Dam A structure built to hold back water.
A persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under

Glacier
its own weight.
A mass of rocks and sediments carried down and deposited (left

Moraine
behind) by a glacier.
Use this graphic organizer to identify the main idea of the video
and the supporting evidence. There are a few clues included.
SUMMARY
Main Idea
Use the info you collected here to

write a detailed summary paragraph
of the Missoula Floods on the next
page.
MISSOULA FLOODS
VIVALDI
Four Seasons
Hi! I'm Antonio Vivaldi. I am from Italy and I
lived during the Baroque period. I have bright red
hair and was nicknamed the "Red Priest". I'm
wearing a powdered wig in this portrait though
because that was the style. The Four Seasons is
the most famous concerti that I wrote.
Scan or click to
Each part is written to capture the
listen to The
Four Seasons.
essence of each season through music.
Reference for the various parts.

SPRING
Light and breezy with a quick
Violin Concerto No. 1 in E major "La primavera" shower!
Spring - I. Allegro 0:00
Spring - II. Largo 3:16
Spring - III. Allegro pastorale 6:24 SUMMER
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor "L'estate" Hot and sticky that turns into
Summer - I. Allegro non molto 10:41 a big thunderstorm.
Summer - II. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte 16:04
FALL
Summer - III. Presto 18:29
Violin Concerto No. 3 in F major "L,autunno"
Autumn - I. Allegro 21:10
Autumn - II. Adagio molto 26:12
Celebratory of harvest with
Autumn - III. Allegro 29:09 dancing and then a reference to
Concerto No. 4 in F minor "L'inverno" hunting.
Winter - I. Allegro non molto 32:45
Winter - II. Largo 36:12
Winter - III. Allegro 38:25 WINTER
Icy cold, rushing winds,
pattering rain and chattering
teeth.
LISTEN
Listen to each concerto while you work on today's art project.
Check off each element that you hear when you come across it.
Twittering birds A thunderstorm
Rain Blowing winds
Hunting Lazy summer afternoon
Dancing music Lightning flash
PAINT
Use watercolors (or pencil crayons) to paint a circular sketch of each
season. Listen to the appropriate concerto while you paint each season.
When they're dry, cut them out and fold inwards in half to crease.
Then glue half of each circle together (backside) so that you form a 3D
globe. Before attaching the final halves, insert a string so that you can
hang it.
When you hang your season globe, it will spin through the seasons.
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Day 1 Daily
Land Management + Soil Health, pgs 46-50 -
Day 2
Harvest Ag, pg 51
Ingredients in Consumer Products, pg 52
Day 3
Food Spoilage and Preservation, pgs 53-54
Notes
Museum of Food, pgs 55-59
Day 4
4 Seasons Myth + Illustration, pgs 60-61
Day 5
Group Poetry and Tea Time, Teacher's Manual
LAND MANAGEMENT What are some of the ways we use the land on the Earth?
What natural features of land protect themselves from development or

should be protected? (e.g., mountains are rarely cultivated, though they
are mined).
How much of the Earth's surface do you think we use for agriculture (growing
food and useable crops, and raising livestock)?
Draw a slice to represent

how much of the Earth's
surface you think is used for
agriculture.
Follow the cutting instructions. Read it, cut it, then read the next prompt.
1. Cut out the Earth.
2. Cut the Earth in half. Put one half aside.
3. Cut the piece you have in half again. Put aside the other half. What you have put aside is
roughly how much of the Earth is covered in water (71%).
4. You are left with 1/4 of the Earth. Cut it in half, and discard half.
5. Cut it in half again, and discard half.
6. Cut in half again. Discard half.
What you have left is 1/8 of the quarter of land on Earth or 1/32 of the total surface of the Earth.
LAND MANAGEMENT
This is roughly how much of the Earth's surface that is used for agriculture. This is the land we
have to produce food for 8 Billion people. Statistics estimate that roughly 38% of HABITABLE
land is used for agriculture. Remember though that much of our land (roughly 57%) is not
habitable.
Soil
is a precious natural resource. It is crucial to maintain
healthy soil for growing crops, gardens, and pastures for
animal grazing.
Soil provides nutrients, water, and stability for

plant growth. Soil faces many challenges,
especially in regard to farming. Farmers have
LAND MANAGEMENT
to be excellent soil stewards and understand

how to keep their soil healthy.
Erosion from wind and rain sweeps away

precious, nutrient-dense topsoil.
Nutrient Depletion - crops take up
nutrients and those nutrients need to be
added back to the soil. Monocropping
(planting the same crop over and over) is
especially hard on soil.
Over-Tilling can impact soil structure and
make it more prone to erosion.
Compacting makes the soil denser and
unable to soak up water, which then
creates runoff and more erosion.
Reduction in Biodiversity - in a handful of
soil, there are 10-100 million organisms.
These organisms are essential to soil health
as they break down organic matter into
nutrients that plants need. The use of
pesticides and chemical fertilizers can have
a negative effect on these organisms and
reduce biodiversity.
Observe the soil layers here.
HUMUS is essential to soil health and is the

dark, organic matter that comes from
decaying plants and animals. Humus is how
nutrients in the soil are replenished and is a
large part of the circle of life.
Soil Stewardship Practices
Farming is a complex science, and farmers are incredibly knowledgeable about biology and
chemistry. They are responsible for stewarding large sections of land and feeding the world.
TILLING REDUCTION - tilling can SHELTER BELTS - rows of bush and trees are
LAND MANAGEMENT
upset soil structure which can affect how planted at intervals on fields to reduce the
roots move in the soil and scavenge for wind (coming from the most common
nutrients. It can also lead to more erosion direction) which reduces soil erosion.
so reducing tilling and using cover crops
can reduce the need for tilling.
CROP ROTATION - monocropping is a

haven for pesticide and disease, so
regularly rotating crops can reduce
Soil
pesticide dependence. It also gives the
DR
microbes different food sources, which
increases soil health.
FALLOW is a practice where arable land

is left alone and uncultivated for one
On the next page, look at the
growing season or more in order to allow
observation of the soil and other
the soil to recover and gain moisture and
conditions, and write a prescription to
organic matter.
increase soil health.
COVER CROPS - cover crops can be
planted after harvest or leading up to a
fallow to help soil structure, reduce
erosion, fix nitrogen, and act as "green
manure" at the end of their life cycle.
Examples of cover crops are fava beans,
oats, barley, and rye.
ADD ORGANIC MATTER - spreading

organic matter like manure is a
wonderful way to add nutrients back to
the soil that also improves soil structure,
aeration, and water holding capacity.
SMITH FARM
Heavy rains have washed away significant

topsoil and the remaining soil is compacted.
The wheat crop has just been harvested.
RODRIGUEZ FARM
The maize crop has been exhibiting yellowing

leaves, which is a sign of nutrient deficiency.
The crop has been harvested, but they need to
address the soil needs before the next growing
season.
They cannot leave this land fallow.
HARVEST Harvest is one of the most crucial seasonal rhythms. All living things harvest
their food. Some do it daily and as needed, and others take part in large
harvests and store food away for less fruitful seasons.
It's easy in our modern world to feel disconnected from harvest depending on your family
practices. While many families garden and grow some of their own food, most of us rely
on other producers to round out our diet. Have you ever considered what other products
you use that have agricultural ingredients?
Think through your day and create

a list of things you've used today,
starting with the pencil/pen you're
writing with and this paper.
On the next page is a chart of common consumer products and the agricultural
ingredients that they are made of.
Go through the list and highlight any that are on your list, or ones you've used in
the last 24 hours that you didn't think of.
HARVESTED INGREDIENTS
in your every day products
Consumer Vegetable oils, minerals,

Agricultural Ingredients
Product Make Up flowers, fish scales, corn
starch, beef
Citrus oils, soybeans, chicken
Adhesives
feathers, pork, beef Corn starch, gelatin (from
Medication
cows or pigs)
Bed Sheets Cotton, linen

Pillows &
Goose down
Comforters
Book Binding Corn starch

Paper Wood pulp from trees
Candles Beeswax, soy

Pencils Wood
Chalk Cornstarch, beef

Shoes and
Leather
Boots
Cotton, linen, wool, leather,
Clothing
silk, goose down
Soap Vegetable and animal fat
Disposable Wood pulp, corn starch,

Diapers cellulose fibre Natural herbs, extracts,
Supplements
gelatin
Grains, fruit, vegetables,
Food
meat, dairy, seeds, etc.
Towels Cotton
Health & Minerals, vegetable and fruit

Beauty oils, corn starch, flowers,
Products herbs, beef
FOOD SPOILAGE
All plants and animals start to decay immediately

after they have been harvested. Various processes
are at work in this process of decomposition, and
humans have had to learn how to preserve food to
eat at a later date.
MOLD MOISTURE
Spores of mold, fungi, and yeasts are Moisture and humidity create conditions that
everywhere and will grow, given enough time accelerate the growth of microorganisms.
and the right conditions.
BACTERIA TIME
Bacteria are present in all living things and All of these processes take time (microbe growth,
unchecked, they'll grow and decay food. oxidization, enzyme breakdown, etc), so the longer
you have food, the more it will spoil if unhindered.
ENZYMES TEMPERATURE
Enzymes are present naturally and are Food deteriorates much faster at higher
responsible for ripening of foods. Ripening temperatures, which is why we utilize fridges and
is just a part of the decaying process. freezers.
OXIDIZATION PHYSICAL DAMAGE

When air reacts with compounds in foods, it Damage to plants allows microbe access and oxidization.
can cause undesirable effects such as changes
in color and nutrient content. Fats exposed to
air become rancid.
Scan to watch a decay time-lapse.
Food preservation practices attempt to address the most common causes of spoilage.
DRYING
Reducing the water content as much as possible
inhibits microbe growth and slows down decay.
SALTING
FOOD PRESERVATION
Packing in salt is a method that dehydrates food

through osmosis (the salt sucks out the moisture).
Most commonly used for meat.
FREEZING
Freezing is one of the most common methods of
preservation and one of the simplest. The extreme
cold stops decay and microbe growth.
VACUUM PACKING
This creates an air-tight environment where
microbes cannot survive.
PICKLING
Foods are cooked in/with ingredients that kill
microbes like vinegar, ethanol, vegetable oils, etc.
They are then stored in air-tight containers.
SMOKING
Smoking is a drying process that adds additional
protection. The wood smoke keeps away bacteria-
carrying insects as well as deposits a thin acidic
layer on the food which prevents bacteria from
growing.
The Museum of Food
Imagine that you live 100 years in the future Additionally, you will include a comparison to your
and you're curating a museum exhibit about futuristic "current-day" food preservation methods.
the time you actually live in now. You work You'll need to get creative here and imagine how food
for the Museum of Food and are tasked with might be preserved in 2125(ish). Are foods zapped and
creating a display of food preservation from stored in pill form? It's up to you.
the years 2020-something.
Make a model (or picture) of this food preservation
Your display should include each method and include it in your display as the "current"
preservation method listed on the last page. standard (remember - you live 100 years in the future).
You will have a type of food preserved in that
manner, plus a museum label that gives a
brief description of the process and what
Name of Food - Preservation Method
types of foods were preserved in that manner
Year
(aside from the one displayed).
Description of food, preservation method and
other foods preserved in this manner.
If you don't have access to a particular food
preserved in a certain way, just use a picture.
Format
to follow
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Four Seasons Mythology
Many cultures have stories about how there came

to be four seasons. Here is one that originated
from North American First Nations people.
Originally on Earth, there was only one season - The living things discussed how they thought
summer. The weather was warm and plants could each season was far too long and they asked
always grow; however, the living things on the Shinob (the younger god) to shorten the seasons
Earth still found much to complain about. An by cutting the length of the Weather Man’s trail.
elder god, Tobats, grew tired of their He said he could not do that as the length was
complaining and decided to give them something permanent and could not be altered, but if they
to complain about. He poured snow all over them could come up with a better plan that he would
and thus began the second season - winter. make changes.
The living things then came together for a The night bird suggested that there should be two
meeting to discuss the seasons. The owl shared more seasons and that the trail should be made
about what he observed on his flights - there was into a circle instead of a straight line. The
a Weather Man who was responsible for the weather trail would go around the earth and there
transition of seasons. He walked back and forth would be taman (spring), tats (summer), u-wan
on a long straight trail where his home sat (fall), and tom (winter). The Weather Man would
directly in the middle. Whenever he would walk go around the circle in the same direction, and
north, Tom (the winter) would follow him and it the seasons would be the same length and stay in
would become cold on Earth. Whenever he would the same order year after year. Everyone agreed -
walk south, Tats (the summer) would follow him and that is how we have four seasons.
and it would grow warm on Earth.
ILLUSTRATE
The circle is an important element related to the seasons - not only symbolically but scientifically as well.
Our seasons are cyclical and they create cyclical rhythms in our lives. Illustrate a circle to represent the
Weather Man's travels through the seasons below.
Seasons
Nature Study
Ex
per r er
Week 4
t E x plo
Day 1 Daily
Final Project Intro - Seasons Poetry Anthology, pg 63 -
Day 2
Write Poems using Templates, pgs 64-71
Day 3
Write Poems using Templates, pgs 64-71 Notes
You'll be deciding on
how you want to
Day 4 publish your poems.
Write Poems using Templates, pgs 64-71

Publish Poetry Anthology
Day 5
Group Party and Presentation Day - Present your
anthology!
Seasons
An anthology of poems
about the four seasons.
You'll be taking what you've studied this month and using it to create an
anthology (collection) of poems about the four seasons.
Your challenge is to think beyond the typical content of poetry and use
the poems to express scientific processes, as well as other observations
about the seasons and/or your personal seasonal rhythms.
Consider things like how the solstices and equinoxes work or the snow
water equivalent... how can you convey those through poetry? Get
creative!
You'll be using a variety of poetry forms to create your collection.
Use the form template, write a poem (or several of that type), and then
publish them as a collection.
PUBLISH: Get creative with your final
presentation. You may want to copy your
poems onto watercolor paper and illustrate
them. You may want to type them out and
create a book of poems with pictures. Use
your imagination!
Follow this
format exactly! Noun
Adjective, Adjective
Verb, Verb, Verb
Noun, Noun, Noun, Noun
Verb, Verb, Verb
Adjective, Adjective
Noun
TOPIC
DIAMANTE
Follow this
format exactly! A haiku is a traditional Japanese
form of poetry. It consists of 3
Line 1: 5 syllables lines that do not rhyme. Each line
has a specific syllable count to
Line 2: 7 syllables adhere to.
Line 3: 5 syllables
TOPIC
HAIKU
A concrete poem is often referred to as a shape poem. The shape of
the poem communicates its content. For example, a poem about
the sun would have the words written in the shape of the sun.
sky. Never
the c
ha
big circle i
The simplest of
ngin lways
examples!
g. A
is a
rou n
nd. The su
TOPIC
CONCRETE
An acrostic poem is where you write a word vertically and then each
letter of that word is used to start a new line of the poem. It's up to
you whether it's in free verse or has rhyme or rhythm.
The simplest of S o very hot

examples!
U nder the blazing disc
N ight brings relief.
TOPIC
ACROSTIC
A rhyming couplet is 2 successive lines that have the same meter and
also rhyme.
Famous
example!
Double, double, toil and trouble;
RHYMING COUPLET
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
TOPIC
Tanka means 'short song' and is an ancient Japanese form of poetry that
tells a story of life, feelings, or nature. Modern tanka poems are broken into
five poetic lines. The basic structure of a tanka poem is
5 – 7 – 5 – 7 – 7. Tankas contain different types of literary devices,
such as personification, metaphors, & similes.
SPRINGTIME
Cherry blossoms swirl

Like this!
sweetly scenting the air with
brand new beginnings.
TOPIC Each petal whispers softly

as it sashays: Spring is here.
TANKA
Free verse is a totally open form of poetry that does not follow a strict
format and doesn't need rhyme or rhythm. Make it whatever you want!
TOPIC
FREE VERSE
A limerick is a silly, five-line poem meant to make you laugh. They can be fun to write,
but they follow a specific rhythm and rhyme pattern which usually tells a story. It has 5
lines and uses 'aabba' rhyme scheme. The rhythm is anapestic, which means two
unstressed syllables are followed by a stressed syllable (da-da-dum). Below is an example:
Like this!
There once was a turtle named Grumpy
three anapests—da dum da da dum da da dum
Whose shell was old and bumpy.

It fell to the ground

two anapests-—da dum da da dum
LIMERICK
and blew all around.

He changed his old name to Humpty.

Now, write your own poem.


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Seasons

Seasonal Rhythms Solstices Equinoxes Snowpack Graphing Group STEM:

Monsoon Doodle Flood Video Group Art:

The seasons dictate a lot of our day

All About the Axis

e.g. "Life is a box of chocolates."

Try writing a few for winter

Though we may not be thinking of our gardens or

Snowpack is the term used for the

SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT DATA

After observing your graphs, answer the

2002 102 262 26

2004 144 417 29

2005 165 534 32

2006 168 578 34

2008 140 403 29

2009 121 431 36

Which year yielded the

As we know, the Sun spins on its axis in a full rotation

Note: You will need to place the

Cut out the template and glue it to a paper

o a monsoon. However, a monsoon is a change in the

prevailing winds can have the effect of a very dry season

Monsoons switch directions

Monsoons bring very dry winters

In the summer, the land heats up

The largest monsoon regions are South Asia and

Some of the rainiest regions in the world are in the

Monsoons are crucial to farming in India, but

How long of a chain can you create?

Do you recognize the

Whether we recognize it or not, our daily lives are affected by

FOOD PRODUCT OF FOOD PRODUCT OF

Floods have the ability to drastically

Have you ever witnessed a

Flood Water that has covered land that is normally dry.

Hydrology The study of water.

Hydrologist A scientist who studies water.

Sudden floods caused by heavy rains. Small streams and rivers

Water Shed The area drained by one river system.

Dam A structure built to hold back water.

A persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under

A mass of rocks and sediments carried down and deposited (left

Use the info you collected here to

Reference for the various parts.

Twittering birds A thunderstorm

Rain Blowing winds

Hunting Lazy summer afternoon

Dancing music Lightning flash

What natural features of land protect themselves from development or

Draw a slice to represent

Soil provides nutrients, water, and stability for

to be excellent soil stewards and understand

Erosion from wind and rain sweeps away

Observe the soil layers here.

HUMUS is essential to soil health and is the

CROP ROTATION - monocropping is a

FALLOW is a practice where arable land

ADD ORGANIC MATTER - spreading

Heavy rains have washed away significant

The wheat crop has just been harvested.

The maize crop has been exhibiting yellowing

They cannot leave this land fallow.

Think through your day and create