Title of Activity:  Trees:  Do They Always Look the Same?

Author(s):  Brenda Burkett, John Geanangel, Susan Herndon

Content Area:  Langurage Arts, Science

Grade Level: Pre K - 3rd Grade

Lesson Description:  The children will choose a tree to observe throughout the school year.  Each month at a designated time the children will take a digital picture of the tree.    Teachers of younger children may want to print the pictures and have the children write a sentence or two describing the tree each month.  These could be made into a book or displayed in the room to refer to when talking about different seasons. Different types of trees could be observed and older children could keep an ongoing record of their trees' appearances by inserting the pictures into PowerPoint and saving onto the school network drive.

Standards Addressed: South Carolina State Standards ;   LCSD1 Technology Standards

Materials:  Trees - PowerPoint Template
                   Digital Camera, computer

Assessment:  Have the children  identify the season by looking at the pictures of the trees.