Students will work individually to design and create a doghouse that will help their pet during 1 of the 4 seasons. After completion students will present their pet houses to the class to present what elements of their design help their pet survive during their season.

In this lesson, students learn about living and nonliving parts of the forest through a series of sensory activities. The lesson concludes with each student using his or her senses of touch, smell, and hearing to investigate a tree while blindfolded.

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In this lesson, students compare and contrast changes in themselves and their environmental surroundings over time.

In this activity, students explore the physical properties of various objects by touching them while blindfolded.

In this lesson, students will observe a tree throughout the year and recognize changes in weather and phenology using their 5 senses.

In this activity, students learn that information can be gathered both directly and remotely using their five senses or equipment.

This is a first grade science unit on weather.  Students will observe, measure, describe and record aspects of weather such as temperature, air, wind and clouds. They will also practice using various weather tools, and look for patterns in weather over a year-long span.

This supplemental material is meant to be used with the lesson "Weather and Climate." Students complete a series of worksheets and activities that reinforce the weather concepts they are learning in class. Students will learn how to create tools to observe and record information to make qualitative and quantitative observations of the local weather and temperature conditions.

This supplemental activity is meant to be used with the lesson "Weather and Climate." In this activity, students will learn how to make daily, weekly, and monthly qualitative and quantitative observations of the local weather and temperature. This will include descriptions of the weather (such as sunny, cloudy, rainy, warm) and collection of data related to wind speed and direction, temperature, and precipitation. Students will also compare the seasons.

Students are introduced to basic concepts related to weather and are provided the opportunity to make connections between the weather they experience and how it affects the world around them.

Looking up is a fun way to explore nature in a different way.