Peer Lesson 8--Science-Seasons

Fall Tree

For this project, I had the choice of making a Fall or Winter scene that showed what a real tree would look like during either of those 2 seasons.

I traced my hand and arm on construction paper to form the trunk of the tree and the branches. Next I glued different colored pieces of tissue paper to create a leaf effect on the tree branches. I also used cotton balls for the clouds, crayons for the pumpkins, and finally glitter to emphasize certain parts of my fall scene.

This is a great project to help students to visualize the many different colors, shapes, lines, and textures associated with different seasons that they are learning about in science.

Extension Art Activity: Use this type of project with a Geography lesson by having students create some of the landscapes that they might see in the different countries around then world. You can also tie in how the different seasons look in different countries as well. Students will be able to retain their Geography lessons better by making them into an art project, which then can serve as a visual study tool.

This project could also be used in Science to make different habitats that the plants or animals being studied in class might live in.