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Signs
of Spring:
Observations for
May
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Today's
Reminder Includes:
- Outdoor
Observations for May >>
- Sunlight
Through the Schoolyear >>
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Year-end Evaluation:
Please Share Your Thoughts >>
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What's
happening here? You decide! Click to enlarge >>
Photo: Wayne Kryduba |
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Outdoor
Observations for May (and
beyond!) |
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It's
either midnight or noon in this place in North America!
Where
is it? >> |
"We
have to jump puddles to get around,"
write fifth graders in Palmer, AK. Toads
trilling, bumblebees
buzzing, dragonflies darting, and feathered-friends flitting to
feeders! What clues tell you that spring has sprung in your
hometown?
This is the last
Signs of Spring update for the schoolyear, so now you're on your
own! Continue
to go
outside and look, smell, feel, and listen carefully. Draw
and write about your observations. And don't stop
when the schoolyear ends. On June
21, the summer solstice, be sure to write or draw
in your
Signs of Spring journal, handout, or checklist.
As you look back at your observations, share
your data, or create a giant
timeline, look for interesting patterns. Try to track the same
types of observations — such as when your first hummingbird
arrives — from
year to year. That's how scientists discover new patterns in the
natural world and learn how our changing climate affects living
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Sunlight
Through the Schoolyear: What's Happened?
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Have
you been tracking sunrise and sunset times, daylength, or shadows
in your hometown? What have you noticed? You might not see much
from day to day, but sunlight has changed dramatically through the
school year. Let's take a look!
Imagine you're in space looking at Earth on the morning of May 1.
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How
did the sun change? >> |
Year-end
Evaluation: Please Share Your Thoughts! >> |
Will you take a
few minutes to complete our Year-end Evaluation? With
your help, we can we document Journey North's reach, impact, and
value. We need comments like yours to keep the program going and
growing.
Thank
you! >>
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Year-end
Evaluation >>
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Resources
to Explore |
- Student
Journal: Signs
of Spring >>
- Handout:
Watching
the Seasons Change (gr. K-3) >>
- Checklist:
Signs of Spring (gr. 4+)
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- Report
your spring observations! Choose
the sighting or event that best fits! >>
- Your
Past Sightings: Journey North's Historic Records >>
- Student
Journal: Signs
of Spring >>
- Photo:
Midnight or Noon? >>
- Signs
of Spring: Make a Giant Timeline! >>
- Share:
Exchange Observations with a Partner! >>
- Teachers:
Phenology and Journey North >>
- Assessment
Tools: Reasons for Seasons >>
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Discover
what else students in Midland, Michigan saw on the day their
tulips bloomed! >> |
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This
is the final Signs of Spring Update.
Thanks for participating. Please join us again in September! |
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