Sunlight & Seasons Signs of Fall: Observation Reminder for October Today's Reminder Includes: How the Season is Changing Outdoor Observations: Draw What You See Exchange Data with a Partner! Resources to Explore How is sunlight changing? >> How the Season is Changing As fall unfolds, migrating animals are moving! At Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory on the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth, MN, the hawk and raptor migration is in full swing. This week spotters sighted Cooper's Hawks, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, American Kestrel, and a Peregrine Falcon. With good, cold NW winds thousands of birds can be seen in one day here on their fall migrations. Are your spiders coming inside? That is one of the signs of fall one observer reported. They also described acorns, and walnuts and hickory nuts dropping. And the furry wooly bear caterpillars are moving. What clues in your hometown tell you that fall is progressing? Look, smell, feel, and listen carefully. Then add your observations to your Signs of Fall journal or checklist (see resources, below). Photo: Debbie Waters Spotters can view large groups of migrating birds at places like Hawk Ridge on Lake Superior in September and October. What does fall "look" like in other places? To read observers' reports, go to the Signs of Fall map >>. From there click on any dot to read the report. Outdoor Observations: Draw What You See Photo: © childrenscreativity.com > When you make your October observations, try adding a new twist. As you look carefully at how living things change, choose at least one thing to draw (an adopted tree, section of the garden, or feeding monarch, for instance). Here are some tips: What colors do you see in nature outside? Take a box of crayons/markers outside and find colors that you see. Fill a page with the colors. Label your art "October 1." Find something changing in nature and draw it. After drawing the whole object, move closer so you look at just a small area up close. How do you "see" differently when you do this? What new questions or discoveries do you have? Ask, How do I predict this will look next month? Exchange Data with a Partner! Are the seasons changing in the same way throughout North America? Does October look the same in Texas and Maine? Share your findings with a partner classroom and find out! Find a partner classroom and compare Signs of Fall data Resources to Explore Complete Today's Handout: Signs of Fall: Clues About Seasonal Change Print: the Student Journal: Signs of Fall Watching the Seasons Change: K-3 Fall Checklist: 4+ Read Journey North Maps; Signs of Fall/ Other Fall Events Report your observations! (Choose "Signs of Fall" or other events.) Are the seasons changing in the same way throughout North America? Does October look the same in Texas and Maine? Share your findings with a partner classroom and find out! Find a partner classroom and compare Signs of Fall data Study a Live Fall Foliage Map from the Weather Channel Teachers: About Signs of the Seasons (Phenology) >> Who Am I? Guess. Then Click Signs of Fall for November: A reminder will be posted on November 1, 2009

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