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October 15, 1999 Purdue prepares science package for teachersWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue Agricultural Communication Service and the university's 4-H Youth Department have developed an education package for elementary teachers on why tree leaves change color in the fall. The package "Why Leaves Change Color" is part of the 4-H Youth Science Series. It features a short video created by William Chaney, professor of tree physiology. Other materials are an educational guide containing six student activities, a news release and fact sheet discussing color change in leaves, and a color transparency for classroom use. "Watching leaves change colors is an outdoor science lab that we see each fall in Indiana," said Natalie Carroll, Cooperative Extension Service 4-H specialist at Purdue. "Teachers will be able to explain a very interesting and natural phenomenon to students using this new educational package." Activities in the guidebook were designed to be both educational and entertaining. The activities include leaf identification, determining signs of autumn, trading leaves with a school in another region of the country and developing an audio tour of fall leaf specimens. "Many people, both students and adults, wonder about the natural world from time to time," Carroll said. "Why does this happen? What caused that? How does this work? Learning the answers helps capture that interest in nature and makes learning science fun." The package will be available for viewing at the Extension office in each county. To order the package for $9.95, contact the Purdue Media Distribution Center at (888) 398-4636 or send e-mail to Media.Order@ces.purdue.edu. Refer to this package as publication YSS-1. CONTACT: Carroll, (765) 494-6871, njc@four-h.purdue.edu Compiled by Beth Forbes, (765) 494-2722, bforbes@aes.purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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