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 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 encourage seed germination?

9. Write 2 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!

Challenge:

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

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

Was your hypothesis correct?

Spring into action:

Ininatig's Gift of Sugar: The Tradition of Native Sugarmaking

Maple syrup and Sugarbush Math

Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle

Pathfinder Science The Green Wave - Spring

Egg Online activity / Egg Math / Egg Words Puzzles / Check out the egg cam / Bird Nest Hunt

Spring into action with the DailyBrains Library / Learn about the frog's life cycle.

Explore how to establish a schoolyard habitat http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/

Signs of Spring Spreadsheet

Geometry 3D Shapes - Interactives

©2003 Cynthia J. O'Hora All Rights Reserved. Updated 3/2008 posted 2/2003 Educators may print a hunt, exactly as it appears, for use in a classroom setting.