Science

Family Activity: Signs of Fall

Observe the annual change of seasons and investigate why leaves turn colors in the fall.

Trace a tree’s life events using “tree cookies,” the cross sections of trees.

Take a closer look at leaves, their characteristics, and how they can be used to identify plants.

Meet plants and animals living in, on, and around trees and how they depend on trees to survive.

Examine a tree’s lifecycle and find similarities to lifecycles of other living things.