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Questions
trees in autumn?
• Why do leaves fall off
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• What colours do lea
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• Do all trees lose the

try this At home

Autumn leaf rubbing
You Will Need
• White Paper
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move the paper aroun
• Coloured crayons (re
al park
n leaves from your loc
• A collection of autum
or garden
DiD you KnoW?
WhAt to Do the veiny side • Little creatures like
worms,
La y the lea ve s fla t on a table, making sure millipedes an d sn ail s are called
1. the fallen
is up. compositors. They eat
per on top of the leaf. mpost them.
2. Place a sheet of pa r over the top of the autumn leaves and co
yo n fla t on the paper and colou ange their
3. La y the cra
’. • Some trees don’t ch
leaf to make a ‘rubbing d evergreen
leaves these are calle
ange their
trees. Trees that do ch
WhAt’s hAppening?over the top of the leaves, you get leaves are called decid
uous.
n to rub
When you use a crayo ins in the leaf.
im pri nt of the lea f. You can see all the ve
an

Discover more make a big

t leaves as you can to
• Use as many dif feren
autumn picture.
carry water to the
the leaves. The veins
• Look at the veins on ur wrist; they
Look at the veins on yo
very tips of the leaves. ins carry blood
on the leaves. Your ve
are just like the veins
body to your heart.
from every part of your

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Have fun finding more
sheets of pap
coloured
• Autumn hands: Use store or online.
t au tum n co lours, ie red, orange
of dif feren n Robbins
d your hand and cut it • Autumn Leaves by Ke
and yellow. Trace aroun s by Robert Maass
with branches, or use • When Autumn Come
out. Draw a tree trunk
it on the wall and then ge Color?
brown paper, and stick • Why Do Leaves Chan
ut hands. … Science)
decorate with your cut-o (Let’s-Read-and -Fi nd
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Rake up leaves, and the by Betsy Meastro
• Playing with leaves: s,
leaves. Scuff the leave
have fun playing in the
throw them up etc…
leaves? Use a shovel
go on An excursiocianlly in autumn!
• What happens to the Go on a tree excursion
– espe
tumn leaves. What ns in the Canberra reg
ion.
to dig under a pile of au Here are some sugges
tio
ting the leaves?
animals can you find ea : during autumn go for
a
Worms? • Look at autumn trees or dri ve to the
y Griffin
walk around Lake Burle
un tai n an d look at the colour of
top of Black Mo
sing songs all of the trees.
es (to the tune of
The Leaves On The Tre • Go to your local park
and collect dif ferent
s”) by Jean Warren
“The Wheels On The Bu coloured leaves and ac
orns.
are yellow and brown,
The Leaves on the trees
Yellow and brown, yello
w and brown
investigAte WeBsite s
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tre es are falling down,
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