Today's Classroom Activities :
Wisps in the Wind
Wisps in the Wind
Science/Poetry Read the following poems together.
Dandelion
by Heidi Roemer
Summer snowflake made of fluff;
I pluck the stem and gently puff.
Each wisp drifts off at idle speed;
So Mother Nature sows her seed.
Golden Lions
by Martin Shaw
They are the lions of the field.
Their manes are thick, rich gold.
And there they stand, in numbers great,
Through winds and breezes bold.
They do not growl or stalk about.
Instead, they gently sway.
For dandelions do just that,
Then they all blow away.
Assign students to illustrate different parts of the poems. Then discuss other ways in which seeds are moved from one place to another. Have students find something in nature about which to write their own short poems.
