I have always loved this time of year, and now that I live in the Appalachian Mountains I love it even more! I thought we might break into our regularly scheduled chemistry lessons this week with a little seasonal chemistry.

We are going to watch this video on why leaves change color, and then read through this short webpage outlining the chemistry behind it.

We may even do this experiment (4th and 5th paragraph) to find the hidden color in a leaf that hasn’t changed yet, and preserve a few for our nature study table.

Of course, we’ll top it off by journalling in our Chemistry Notebook.