© www.rubytuesdaybooks.com/scienceKS1 Name Date Summer Treasure Hunt Go on a summer treasure hunt in a garden, park or woodland Try to find or spot as many things on the list as possible Tick the box if you spot something A snail A butterfly Don’t touch or disturb the animals you see A baby bird begging its parent for food A leaf that’s been chewed A flower with a lovely smell Can you hear the sound of someone mowing grass? © www.rubytuesdaybooks.com/scienceKS1 Name A bee visiting flowers Date Tiny moss plants growing on a tree or rock A dandelion with fluffy seeds A spiderweb A pink flower A place where a small animal could hide A flower with more than six petals A plant with seedpods A yellow flower A white flower © www.rubytuesdaybooks.com/scienceKS1 Why Do Leaves Change Colour in Autumn? Autumn Leaves Factfile • L eaves are green because they contain a substance called chlorophyll • Leaves make chlorophyll using sunlight • It’s chlorophyll that gives leaves their green colour • Leaves use chlorophyll to make the food they need for energy They make food using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide • During winter, a tree’s leaves cannot get enough sunlight and water to make food • So in autumn, a leaf stops making food It also stops making green chlorophyll he leaf’s green colour starts to fade •T • Then the leaf’s other colours, which are normally hidden by green, show through • Once leaves stop making food, they drop from the tree Trees that drop their leaves in autumn are called deciduous trees © www.rubytuesdaybooks.com/scienceKS1 Name Date Autumn Leaves Treasure Hunt Test your powers of observation and go on a leaf hunt in a garden, park or woodland Tick the box when you find one of the items A red leaf A brown leaf A yellow leaf A leaf with a pretty pattern A leaf that’s half green Let’s Ta lk A leaf that has three different colours What you think happens to leaves that fall from trees in autumn? Answer: Fallen leaves rot and become part of the soil Worms also help recycle fallen leaves into new soil Worms eat dead, rotting leaves and soil Inside their bodies, this mixture becomes leafy, muddy poo that gets mixed into the soil © www.rubytuesdaybooks.com/scienceKS1 Fantastic Fungi Facts If you visit a park or woodland you might spot fungi, such as toadstools Toadstool BE CAREFUL! Many fungi are poisonous Never touch fungi you see growing in a woodland, field or any other outdoor place A fungus is made up of very thin, hair-like threads called hyphae (hi-fee) Lots of hyphae make a mycelium (my-seal-ee-um) The mycelium grows and spreads under the ground or through a rotting log or layer of rotting leaves We don’t even know the fungus is there Fungi fruiting bodies Once or twice a year, however, it is time for a fungus to reproduce Then it produces a fruiting body The part of a fungus we see is the fruiting body The fruiting bodies of fungi come in many different shapes and colours The fruiting bodies release microscopic spores into the air Each spore might grow into a new fungus – just as a seed can grow into a new plant © www.rubytuesdaybooks.com/scienceKS1 Be a Fungus Spotter Fly agaric toadstools Chicken of the woods fungus Sulphur tuft toadstools Blue roundhead toadstool Cauliflower fungus Velvet shank fungus © www.rubytuesdaybooks.com/scienceKS1 Be a Fungus Spotter Panther cap toadstools Yellow stagshorn fungus Turkey tail fungus Scarlet elf cup fungi Plums and custard toadstool Shaggy scalycap toadstools © www.rubytuesdaybooks.com/scienceKS1 Name Date Autumn Treasure Hunt Go on an autumn treasure hunt in a garden, park or woodland Try to find or spot as many things on the list as possible Tick the box if you spot something Acorn Don’t touch or disturb the animals you see Fungi Some woodlice under a rock or rotting log A frosty leaf BE CAREFUL! Many fungi are poisonous Never touch fungi you see growing in a woodland, field or any other outdoor place A squirrel gathering food A pine cone A leaf that has three different colours © www.rubytuesdaybooks.com/scienceKS1 Name Date Dark, stormy clouds in the sky A bird eating seeds from a flower Conkers in spiky cases A bird bathing in a puddle Red berries on a tree or bush An animal print in the mud