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Odyssey of the Mind: From a Distance
Students use the Internet, books, and articles to research the Earth and its changes (tides, seasons, atmosphere, etc.), develop a "class exhibit about the Earth" and "a survey that includes five questions that will measure what the...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate: Seasons
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of seasons and how they are caused by the Earth's rotation and orbit.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Sunlight and the Seasons
This student observation guide walks learners through setting up an investigation of the seasons and their causes. Students can report their actual data right there on the page.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Season Mandala
In this lesson, Have You Seen Trees?, a book written by Joanne Oppenheim, and The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree, a book written by Gail Gibbons, are used as mentor texts. As a post-reading activity, students will record facts about the...
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Clocks Teaching Time
This site from The Franklin Institute presents a number of activities, games, exhibits, scavenger hunts, resources, links related to clocks and telling time.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Adaptations: Fit for Survival
This lesson plan will help students explore adaptation, especially as it relates to migration. Students will come to realize that adaptations can be behavioral as well as physical. Students are assigned a particular animal to investigate...
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: Seasons
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how and why seasons occur.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Seasons
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how and why seasons occur.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Seasons When Used in a Title
This page provides rule and examples for the capitalization of the seasons. Seasons, although not generally capitalized, are capitalized in titles like all words are with the exception of articles and prepositions.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center:tis the Season for a Reason
A professional development video exploring students misconception over the reason for Earth's season. This video addresses a way to help students understand how Earth's orbit contributes to the seasons. [11:56]
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Our Big Blue Marble
Students are introduced to the fabulous planet on which they live. Even though we spend our entire lives on Earth, we still do not always understand how it fits into the rest of the solar system. Students learn about the Earth's position...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Groundwater Aquifers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The features of aquifers and the water table.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Groundwater Aquifers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The features of aquifers and the water table.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Seasons
Young students investigate seasonal changes by looking at what they wear and recording their observations.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Songs and Poems
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
Read Works
Read Works: Playtime in the Snow
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little boy named George who loves to play outside as the seasons change. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Morning Sunshine
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the tilt of the Earth on its axis affects sunrises and sunstes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: It Is Apple Season
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about apple trees during each of the four seasons. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in determining the author's purpose.
Read Works
Read Works: It Is Apple Season
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about apple trees during the spring, summer, fall, and winter. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Spring
[Free Registration/Login Required] Four three-lined poems describing the spring season. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Shadow Lengths: Seasons
[Free Registration/Login Required] Watch this interactive animation that shows how shadow lengths change based on the position of the sun. Also on site is a short quiz
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Seasons
[Free Registration/Login Required] View how the axis of rotation causes Earth to have seasons on this site. Also test your knowledge on how the position of Earth and seasons relate with a short quiz.