Project Comenius "The Seasons". Scoala Gimnaziala nr. 11, "St. O. Iosif" Brasov, Romania

1. AUTUMN IN ROMANIA

2. AUTUMN

3. AUTUMN IN
Brasov, Romania

4. The rain is a natural
phenomenon very
important for lives.
This fall, turn into frost,
so October and
November are called
Brumarel and
Brumaire.
Frost, in the true
sense, there is barely
in the second half of
October.

5. Weather becomes cold to
summer, it's not hot, so dew
turns to frost. Sun not caress us
with such power, there will be
more rain, wind flourish.

6. Another phenomen: leaves fall
Autumn, leaved lose all their leaves falling on the ground like
a carpet.

7. Curiosity about the colors of leaves
• Brown fall foliage colors come from tannin, a bitter
waste product. Other colors, which have been there
all along, become visible when the chlorophyll
disappears. The orange colors come from carotene
('kar-uh-teen) and the yellows from xanthophyll
('zan-thuh-fil). They are common pigments, also
found in flowers, and foods like carrots, bananas
and egg yolks. We do not know their exact role in
leaves, but scientists think they may be involved
somehow in photosynthesis. Different combinations
of these pigments give us a wide range of colors
each fall.

8. Activities in autumn
Your crops have been harvested, and the exuberant summer color has faded
from your borders – but don’t be fooled into thinking that it’s all over until next
spring. Autumn is a busy time in the garden, clearing away the decaying
vegetation of the summer and preparing the garden for the cold winter months
ahead.

9. Annual plants
Some plants, including many garden flowers, are called
"annuals," which means they complete their life cycle in
one growing season. They die when winter comes, but
their seeds remain, ready to sprout again in the spring.

10. Perennials plants
"Perennials" live for more than two years. This category includes trees
and shrubs, as well as herbaceous plants with soft, fleshy stems. When
winter comes, the woody parts of trees and shrubs can survive the cold.
The above ground parts of herbaceous plants (leaves, stalks) will die off,
but underground parts (roots, bulbs) will remain alive. In the winter,
plants rest and live off stored food until spring.
During summer days, leaves make more glucose than the plant needs for
energy and growth. The excess is turned into starch and stored until
needed. As the daylight gets shorter in the autumn, plants begin to shut
down their food production.

11. AUTUMN MONTHS
The autumn months are:
September Septembrie
October Octombrie
November Noiembrie

14. In November, unlike the
September and October, already
almost all the trees lose their
leaves, even sometimes start
snow and temperatures drop
significantly and landscape, so it
becomes white.

15. One of the many activities undertaken by man is picking corn.
After the old method, this is done as follows: the worker
comes with trailer pulled by tractor and basically rip off the
cob cob. Then he comes sieve stalks with a sickle. Some of
us make and pumpkins and beans in corn. In this case the
first one goes to pick beans, pumpkins and after then corn.

16. Winter preparations
• Autumn is harvest time. We strive to keep the goodies as much
time and can give a good taste of the food until the next spring.
From the fruits, we prepare jam, compote and from vegetables,
we are preparing pickles, which we keep in the pantry all
winter.

17. Flowers

18. Autumn’s flowers
Chrysanthemum Tufanele Aster

19. Vegetables
and fruits
• Apples are the first fruit we think with the start
of autumn. These popular fruits have many
health benefits, which is why it appeared "Eating
an apple a day keep the doctor away.“
• Pumpkin is another star of the autumn, being
both rich in antioxidants and vitamins, but also
having a sweet taste very pleasant.
• Quinces, these fruits so fragrant, not consumed
fresh because of their astringent, but as stewed in
cakes or as jellies and jams.

20. VEGETABLES
BELL PEPPERS
POTATOES PEPPERS
CAROTTES
ONION
PUMPKIN
CABBAGE

21. PLUMS GRAPES
PEARS
WALNUTS

22. APPLES

23. QUINCE

24. Events • 15 September we start the school year. Children go
back-to-school after the summer break.
In Romania, one school year has 35
weeks. Start in 15th September and end
in 19th June.

25. 26 September European Day of Language

26. 5th October World Teachers Day

27. Halloween or Hallowe'enalso known as Allhallo or All Saints'
EveweenTypical festive Halloween activities include, attending
costume parties, trick or process (related to "guising" or),
decoration, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting fires,
apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions house, playing pranks,
telling scary stories, and watching horror films. In many parts of
the world Christian religious rituals of All Hallows' Eve, including
attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the
dead remain popular, although in other locations, these customs
are solemn less pronounced in favor of a secular celebration and
most commercialized.