Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: Spring Senses
Read about the wonderful changes that take place when spring arrives. Book includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Dandelion Days
Read about the life cycle of dandelions from their first appearance in the spring. Includes audio narration in 16 additional languages with text in English.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Yellowstone National Park: Hot Springs and How They Work
Describes how hot springs came about and provides links to information about Emerald Springs and Norris Geyser Basin.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Spring Away!
This lab demonstrates Hooke's Law with the use of springs and masses. Students attempt to determine the proportionality constant, or k-value, for a spring. They do this by calculating the change in length of the spring as different...
Other
Virginia Department of Education: Weather Patterns and Seasonal Changes
By the end of this lesson, learners will describe the weather for each season. They will also describe how the weather affects the plants, animals, and people during each season. Activities include taking a weather walk, charting daily...
Science U
Science U: Reasons for the Seasons
This webpage uses diagrams and video to explain the causes of the seasons.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Dissect a Disk
Find out what's inside a floppy disk with this activity.
British Council
Brirish Council: Learn English Kids: Word Games: Spring
Play this naming game with words associated with spring.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Atlantis: Defining Seasons All Over the World
Discover the seasons together with the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Did you know it is summer on Atlantis when it is winter in Australia?
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: End of April
A poem about a baby bird, emerging from its shell, is shared within the five, three-line stanzas.
Pennsylvania State University
Kettering University: The Simple Harmonic Oscillator
The motion of three simple harmonic oscillators is animated to illustrate the effects of mass and spring constant upon the motion. Several equations and a lengthy discussion accompany the animations.
University of Maryland
Thinking Problems in Oscillations and Waves: Mass on a S
A series of thought-intensive, multichoice questions from the University of Maryland concerning masses on springs. A downloadable software program on the topic is also included.
Scholastic
Scholastic: April Primary Poetry Library
Contains three poems that relate to special days in April. Each include some basic teaching activities and suggestions for larger thematic units.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Season
Encyclopedia entry for the seasons. Click on each specific season for more information.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: The Year's at the Spring
A poem from Robert Browning, "The Year's at the Spring", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey: The Seasons
Find out what the seasons are and how they change. Through the use of excellent graphics, content explores the Earth's orbit around the sun and how sunlight reaches the earth at equinox and the winter solstice.
Mark Harden's Artchive
The Artchive Jasper Johns
This site provides access to 29 images of work by American artist Jasper Johns. Popup ads must be exited before you can see the image.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Geysers, Fumaroles, and Hot Springs
Describes where hot springs are usually located and why, and describes the discharge of hot springs. Also includes information on geysers and fumoroles (steam vents).
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Signs of Spring
This site has a high-level thinking activity for your ESL learners. Use a Venn Diagram to compare Spring and Winter. It features downloads and resources.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 3 10 14: Daylight Saving Time Begins This Weekend
Article reports on the change to daylight savings time.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Canary Islands: Seasonal Changes: Name the Characteristics of the Seasons
For this lesson, students learn how to identify the different seasons by their characteristics.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: What Causes the Seasons?
A fun resource that teaches students the reasons why Earth's four seasons happen they way they do.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Springs and Geysers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes features of springs and geysers.