These mixed media Autumn Birch Tree projects use nature to inspire your students creativity while using a variety of materials to create fall-themed artwork.  This cross-curricular lesson is designed for elementary students K-5 and is perfect for autumn or Thanksgiving. 

This lesson is highly engaging, multi-disciplinary, and contains a variety of projects - 5 traditional fall birch tree art projects plus 1 project series designed specifically to use with centers to allow students to explore different materials.  Created for fall it can easily be adapted for spring use.  

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 29 pages.  It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 5 projects

• Suggestions for project variations with instructions

• Instructions for 1 project series for centers with photos

• Cross-curricular and literacy connections

• Birch tree facts & photos

• 10 birch tree reference photos (reproducible)

• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for K-5th grades

This lesson gives your students an opportunity to use different materials on one piece of art.  It makes spectacular artwork for display! 

With projects of varying levels of complexity, differentiation for students is easy.  This lesson includes TEKS (if you are in Texas) and National Core Arts Standards for K-5th grades.

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Deborah

Down in the Art Room