Yet spring's coming in the natural world happens not at the turn of a calendar page, but through countless changes, such as crocuses blooming . A sure sign of seasonal change is the journey north as birds, butterflies, and others animals migrate. Your class can report sightings or check out others students' updates of the migrations they see, from hummingbirds to Northern orioles . While other creatures are flying or swimming to different regions, bears are slowly emerging from their hibernation. Your class can read about how the American black bear vacates its winter den in spring and see how the mating season varies depending on how soon it becomes warm.
Spring is the time as well of newborn and growing life.
They can also travel to a poultry farm online and find out how the farmer raises chicks in the spring. In frozen Alaska, a local family named the Teels looks at trees such as western hemlock during the ice break-up as they await spring and keep a tree journal . Professional spring observers keep their own kind of journals as they track plants in bloom weekly at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Your students can see how spring flowers not just in gardens and meadows, but everywhere by looking at the fishhook cactus and other flora in the desert . Read our Privacy Policy Statement .