Why do leaves fall in the fall?

Why do leaves fall in the fall?
An Internet Hotlist on Fall Leaves

created by Amy Schroer
West Chester University

Introduction

Go to the window and look outside. What do you see? Hopefully you see trees and on those trees are leaves. Did you every wonder why those leaves change colors and fall off in the fall? Well, here are some websites to answer that question.

The Internet Resources

Answers to your Questions

Answers to Four Simple Questions - This website answers for simple questions on why leaves change colors.
A Simple Explanation - This website gives a simple explanation on why leaves change colors in the fall.

Help, what do these BIG words mean???

Vocabulary - Definitions to those really big words, like PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

Pictures

Fall in the United States - A website that allows you to pick a state and see what fall looks like there.
Scrapbook - On this website, you can find pictures of individuale leaves with the name of the tree it came from.

Activities

Activities - This website gives you another explanation on why leaves change colors in the fall, also it showes you a picture of how photosynthesis works. There is also word scrammbles and activities to do on this page.

Fun Review

Autumn Leaves - A fun wesite with cartoon movies and short, fun quiz to review the information that you just learned.

Content by Amy Schroer, Lynds1024@aol.com
http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listfallleaam.html
Last revised Thu Sep 25 7:08:33 US/Pacific 2003