Spring Stuff Internet Investigation

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Sap Facts:

1. People collect maple tree sap to make syrup. What causes sap to flow?

Some people think that amber is tree sap that has hardened over a long time. They are wrong.
What is the origin of amber?

If you have ever touched sap you know it can be a sticky. But that is not what it means
when an author describes a character as a sap.
What does that mean?

How much sap does it take to make 1 gallon of birch syrup?

Compare this to the amount of maple sap needed to make a gallon of syrup.
What is the ratio of birch sap needed/ to maple sap needed to yield one gallon of syrup?

2. List three things that can be fed to wild birds.

Name one thing that should NOT feed to wild birds.

3. What causes a hot spring?

4. One sign of spring is the blooming of daffodils. When must you plant them? Why?

5. When it is spring in Pennsylvania, it is fall in Chile.
Explain why the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere are the opposite of the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere.

6. The ancient Greeks had a myth to explain Spring. Write the names of the characters.

7. Contrast Orchard mason bees with honeybees. Identify 3 differences.

Which bee would you prefer to have in your garden? Why?

8. Your class has decided to plant milkweed seeds in the school's habitat garden.
What factors will encourage seed germination?

9. Write 2 facinating facts about eggs.

10. Metal springs have been used since the Bronze Age. List the kinds of springs.

11. Explore a renewable energy source. How could it be used at your home or school?

12. Bluebird nesting is a sign of spring to some people. How can people help bluebirds with nesting?

13. Spring forward by answering this question.

Or calculate Spring Has Sprung!

14. Hummingbird Journey North.

Evaluate: Have the hummingbirds returned to your community this spring?

Has the past week's weather in your community been helpful or harmful to migrating birds?

Challenges:

1. On a warm spring night, in the Eastern United States, you may hear the chorus of the Spring Peepers.
Form a hypothesis. What kind of animal is making that sound?

An insect, a mammal, a bird, a reptile, an amphibian, a bony fish, a mollusk, an arthropod

Now use your favorite Internet search engine to learn what they are.

Was your hypothesis correct?

For this activity, we used the sense of hearing to make an observation.
What other observations could have improved your hypothesis?

2. Listen to or read A Little Bird Told Me @ Green Hour.
Spring does not look, sound or feel the same in every community.
Write 5 signs of springs that can be observed in your community.

3. Watch Green Thumbs video - future channel.
Conduct the experiment. What are your findings?

Spring into action:

Ininatig's Gift of Sugar: The Tradition of Native Sugarmaking | Maple syrup and Sugarbush Math

Plants Parts facts Activity | Leaf it to Me - learn about trees. | Map and Inventory trees in your community - project based learning

Bird Nest Hunt | Worms Internet Hunt | Plants and People | Environmental Issues Internet Activity

Egg Online activity basic / Egg Studies - int/ms / Egg Math / Egg Words Puzzle / Check out the egg cam

Citizen Science Projects to do: Bud Burst Protocol | Nest Watch | Pathfinder Science The Green Wave - Spring

Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle literature activity | Learn about the frog's life cycle | Wetlands EcoStudy Unit

Signs of Spring Spreadsheet | Fields, Meadows and Fencerows EcoStudy Unit | Bluebirds Project

Spring into action with the DailyBrains Library | Geometry 3D Shapes - Interactives

Explore how to establish a schoolyard habitat | Make a butterfly garden in the spring for butterflies in the summer and autumn.

Technology integration goes green! many engaging activities | Spring Outdoor Mystery

Explore Science videos at DFTV - check it out and then do a Try It

2003 Cynthia J. O'Hora Updated 4/2009 posted 2/2003

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