Hello everyone, it's officially autumn!!! This is an exciting time to live in the northeast because of pumpkins, sweater weather, apple picking, and, of course, our beautiful foliage.
This is a very teachable moment for our students to learn why the seasons change and what is happening to cause those beautiful colors.
Here is a link to a Fall Foliage Map that predicts changing of leaves. ESL students can slide along the map (or even look at a printout of the map on different dates) and write down a statement about what is happening to the map in different areas. What does the map say about the foliage right now? This is also a good opportunity to write about past, present and future tenses.
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| https://smokymountains.com/fall-foliage-map/ |
Students can research temperature and graph temperature and leaf changes, and try to find a relationship between the two. They can also try to find why certain areas change at a faster rate than others. For those students who need a little extra, they can research years past and try to find out if there are any big differences over the years.
After I watched the presidential debate last night, I thought I should be bringing up the topic for our classes to think about. The best content I could pick out to relate coincidentally is related to this post: climate change. What do students think about climate change? Do they know what it is? Do they think it's a "hoax perpetrated by the Chinese," (as Clinton accused Trump of saying during last night's debate)? Is there evidence to suggest that climate change is real?
Remember to refer to the CUNY HSE Curriculum Framework for ideas on which topics can help build the foundation to teach topics like climate change.
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