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Outdoor Hour Challenge

Autumn Bonus Set

Notebook Pages and Grids

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Table of contents

Autumn 2009 Notebook Pages—See This Link for the Challenges: Autumn 2009

Autumn Series—Bird

Cattail Seasonal Nature Study

Autumn Series—Field Guide Notes

Autumn Study Goldenrod

Mushroom Notebook Page

Autumn Study Oaks and Acorns

Autumn Series Pumpkins

Seasonal Tree Study—Autumn

Autumn Series Squirrels #1

Autumn Series Squirrels #2

Miscellaneous

Signs of Autumn

Fall Color Walk

Autumn Weather Observations

Newsletter

Know Your Own Backyard—Weeds

Study Grid—Weeds

Know Your Own Backyard—Leaves

Study Grid—Fall Leaves

Know Your Own Backyard November World

Study Grid—November World

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Date Bird Name: Location:

Facts about my bird:

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Sketch your bird.

Autumn Bundle Bonus ©Barbara McCoy http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com

Notes or describe changes since last season.

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Date

: Season

: W

eath

er:

Locati

on

:

Draw your cattail flower spike.

Draw your cattail in its natural setting. Is there water? Yes □ No □

Broad-leaved or Narrow-leaved? (circle one)

Cattail Seasonal Nature Study


Date

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bse

rvati

on

L

ocati

on

R

em

ark

s

Autu

mn S

eri

es: F

ield

Note

book L

Ist

Bir

ds

* T

rees

* W

eeds

* M

amm

als

* W

eat

her

* M

ush

room

s *

Wild

flow

ers

* S

eeds

* C

ones

* In

sect

s *

Rock

s *

Fungu

s *

Fru

its

* Pod

s *

Star

s *

Fis

h *

Reptile

s *

Worm

s


Au

tum

n S

tud

y: G

old

en

rod

I am

alo

ne w

ith

natu

re,

Wit

h t

he s

oft

Septe

mber

day;

Th

e lifti

ng h

ills

above m

e,

Wit

h g

old

en

rod a

re g

ay.

Acro

ss t

he f

ield

s o

f eth

er

Flit

bu

tterf

lies a

t pla

y

An

d c

on

es o

f garn

et

su

mac

Glo

w d

ow

n t

he c

ou

ntr

y w

ay.

Th

e a

utu

mn

dan

delion

Besid

e t

he r

oadw

ay b

urn

s;

Above t

he lic

hen

ed b

ou

lders

Qu

iver

the p

lum

èd f

ern

s.

Th

e c

ream

-wh

ite s

ilk o

f th

e m

ilkw

eed

Flo

ats

fro

m its

sea-g

reen

pod;

Fro

m o

ut

the m

ossy r

ock-s

eam

s

Fla

sh

es t

he g

old

en

rod.

-Mary

Cle

mm

er

Am

es

Nam

e:

Date

:

Locati

on

: W

eath

er:


My Mushroom Observations

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Location: Color: Shape:


Colo

r of

the b

ark

:______________________

Colo

r of

the l

eaf:

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Ed

ge o

f le

af

sm

ooth

or

poin

ted

:

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Bra

nch

es s

traig

ht

or

cro

oked

? _________

Did

you

fin

d a

n a

corn

? ________________

Nam

e:

Date

:

Locati

on

: W

eath

er:

Au

tum

n S

tud

y: O

ak

s a

nd

Acorn

s

Sketc

h a

n a

corn

fro

m y

ou

r oak.

Sketc

h y

ou

r o

ak o

r o

ne o

f it

s l

eaves.


Did you eat your pumpkin? ______________________

Describe the taste of the pumpkin:_________________

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Did you enjoy it?_______________________________

Draw your pumpkin.

Describe your pumpkin using some of the questions on pages 616-617 in the Handbook of Nature

Study. _________________________________________________________________________

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Where did you get your pumpkin? Did you grow it?

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Colo

r of

leaves:

Descri

be t

he b

ark

: D

ate

of

firs

t le

af

fall

ing:

Are

th

ere

fru

its o

r seed

s?

Seasonal Tree Study—Autumn D

ate

: T

ree N

am

e:

Weath

er:

Locati

on

:

Sketch your tree, its leaves, cones, or fruits.


What does your squirrel eat?

Date: Location: Squirrel Name:

Research and draw your squirrel’s tracks.

Facts about your squirrel (color, size, habitat, defenses, behavior, tail shape)

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Autumn Series—Squirrels

Sketch your squirrel.

Kingdom:

Animal

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Mammal

Order:

Rodent


Autumn Series—Squirrels

Date: Location: Squirrel Name:

Sketch your squirrel.


Write your autumn observations from your nature study time: _____________

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Sketch four signs of autumn in your neighborhood.

Date: _________________________


Fall Co

lor W

alk

As you go for a nature walk, look for all the different fall colors...reds, oranges,

yellows, greens, browns and even purples. As you find the colors write them on

the lines below. Then color the leaves with colored pencils, markers or crayons.

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Temperature Wind

Precipitation Other

(Thunderstorms, tornado, lightning, floods, etc.)

Date Location: Temperature Cloud Type:

Sketch your autumn scene.

Typical Autumn Weather in My Local Area


Record your weed observations.

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Date: Location: Subject:

Sketch your weed.


Study Grid and List—Printables

My

Autumn Walk

List

September 2011

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September Newsletter

Weed Study Grid

The newsletter grid study this month helps your family observe a few things about

your local autumn weeds. You may wish to view the Weeds and Seeds Challenge for

some additional guidance.

1. Print the grid and cut it out to fit in your nature journal.

2. Spend time each week completing one or two of the suggested activities. Mark

off the boxes you completed.

3. Use your nature journal and the Know Your Own Backyard—Weed Study

notebook page included in this newsletter to record all your observations and

activities.

My Autumn Walk List

1. Keep a list of all the interesting things you observe as you spend your Outdoor

Hour time outside this month. You can use the bookmark-style list on this page,

cut it out, and insert it in your nature journal if you wish.

2. You can also use the Fall Nature Walk notebook page from Hearts and Trees and

the ideas in this BLOG ENTRY.

Find a weed to press for

your nature journal.

Pull up a weed and look at

its roots with a magnifying

glass.

Try the Sock Seed project.

Put an old sock over your

shoe and walk out in your

yard.

Remove the sock and look

for weed seeds.

Find an insect on a weed.

Can you draw

it in your nature

journal?

Find some autumn

wildflowers to put

in a vase on your

nature table.

Use your senses to observe

a weed. List six words in

your nature journal that

describe your

weed.

Count the petals on an

autumn wildflower.

Find three different kinds of

weed seeds and draw them

in your nature journal.



http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/2008/09/outdoor-hour-challenge-30-weeds-and.html

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24014309/Fall%20Nature%20Walk%20Worksheet%20from%20Hearts%20and%20Trees.pdf

http://heartsandtrees.blogspot.com/2007/10/fall-nature-walk-ideas.html

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/sockseeds.html

Record your leaf and color observations.

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Sketch your leaf and label.



My

Leaf Colors

September 2011


October Newsletter

Leaf Study Grid


your fall leaves. Your leaf and color work should be to impress the thought that

there is beauty in the richness of fall foliage.




3. Use your nature journal and the Know Your Own Backyard—Leaves notebook page

included in this newsletter to record all your observations and activities.

My Leaf Colors List

1. Color the leaves on the bookmark the colors of your autumn

leaves. You can use the bookmark-style list on this page, cut it out,

And insert it in your nature journal if you wish.

Keep a list of leaf

names.

Press leaves for your

nature journal.

Find three different

shapes of leaves.

Sketch a leaf in your

nature journal and label

its parts: blade, veins,

petiole, midrib.

Notice which trees

change

color first.

Use your hand lens to

look at leaves up close.

Do you know your state

tree and

flower?

See link on

Page 4.

Make a leaf bouquet for

your fall table.



Write a few sentences describing your November world observations.

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Sketch something in your November World.



My

November List

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November Newsletter

November World Grid


your November world. If possible, try to make comparisons from the summer season.




3. Use your nature journal and the Know Your Own Backyard—November notebook

page included in this newsletter to record all your observations and activities.

November List

Keep a list of things you observe during your November outdoor

time. Look for seeds, different shaped leaves, cones, tracks,

signs of mammals, puddles, ice, birds migrating, dead flowers

or weeds, abandoned nests, or anything else that comes your way.

Observe birds at your

birdfeeder on a cold or

rainy day.

Keep a tally

of who comes

to eat.

November Is…

Think of three

words to record in you

nature journal about

November.

Dig a hole in your

backyard and see what

you find.

(Ask permission if

necessary.)

Observe a tree losing

its leaves.

Sketch the silhouette in

your nature journal.

Find a plant

with thorns

or seeds

(bonus for

finding maple seeds).

Look for tracks in the

mud.

Find a rock and draw it

in your nature journal.

Describe it with words:

rough, shiny, speckled,

smooth, sharp, etc.

Take a walk in the rain.

Record your experience

when you

come inside.



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