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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Seasons

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site contains an animation showing how the seasons are produced by the tilt of Earth's rotating axis. Site also includes a short quiz over the topic of seasons.
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Website
NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Scijinks: Seasons

For Students 3rd - 9th
An explanation about the rotation of the Earth and why the Earth has seasons.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Notes on the Seasons

For Students 6th
This resource consists of guided notes that are designed to be filled out by students. Designed for the purpose as being a study tools, teachers may also distribute blank copies of these guided notes and have them serve as stand-alone...
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Website
Other

Singapore Zoological Gardens: Welcome

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has all kinds of information and pictures of the Singapore Zoological Gardens.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Years

For Students 1st - 3rd
The mathematics resource discusses years. Students review the concept using the provided notes and then answer questions to check for comprehension of the topic.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: A Song for All Seasons

For Students 9th - 10th
After listening to excerpts from four of the violin concertos from "The Four Seasons" by Italian composer and violinist, Antonio Vivaldi, decide which excerpt was meant to go with which season, and also decide where the earth would be in...
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Handout
Curated OER

Weather Dude: The Seasons

For Students 3rd - 8th
Especially for kids, the Weather Dude provides a simple explanation of the seasons. Includes a music clip titled "Circle of Our Four Seasons," and suggested lesson plans and school assignments.
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Activity
Harvard University

Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground: The Earth's Orbit

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students perform many inquiry activities related to Earth's orbit. Included are recording daily temperatures, observing the sun's path over several weeks, tracking sunrise and sunset times, and angle of sunlight. Diagrams make lessons...
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Our Solar System: A Day on Earth

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on how the Earth's tilt on its axis, its rotation, and its orbit around the Sun give us a 24-hour day, a 365-day year, and our seasons.
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McREL International

Mc Rel International: Timss 2007 Released Items: Science Fourth Grade [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A released question from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assessment on seasons. Also included is a scoring guide.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Four Seasons

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about the four seasons of the year. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Why Angle Changes Intensity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This hands-on activity will help students understand why summer is hotter than winter.
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Handout
Other

The Old Farmer's Almanac

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Need information about the weather, history, gardening, or astrology? Look in the Farmer's almanac for much useful information. Enter your city and state to get local weather and more local information.
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Article
Space.com

Moon Facts: Fun Information About the Earth's Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
How did the moon form? Learn the answer to this and numerous other fun facts in this article from Space.com.
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Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Claudius Ptolemy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, contains biological information as well as the works of Ptolemy.
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: The Windy City (Reading Comprehension)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of exercises about the weather in Chicago that tests reading comprehension of Spanish-speaking ELLs. Instructions are in Spanish; exercises and readings in English.
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Website
Other

Edu Media: 2. Make Observations at Different Times of Year

For Students K - 1st
Choose from four animations that show why the amount of daylight is different throughout the year. Topics include the seasons, the sun's apparent path, and days and nights over the year.
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Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: A Reason for the Season

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides a learning activity that can be adapted for all age levels that deals with the seasons. Students are asked to become a "season sleuth" and discover what causes the seasons to change.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Why Do We Have Seasons?

For Students 5th - 8th
A student-directed tutorial showing all aspects of seasons, including Earth's tilt position in relation to the sun, photos of typical weather during that season, and some informational text to support the visuals.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Kindergarten Science: What Is Weather?

For Students K
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn about typical weather patterns and how weather changes with the seasons.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Kindergarten Science

For Students K
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A science text for kindergarten that covers the weather and gravity.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Life Science: Seasonal Changes in Plants

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at the seasonal changes in plants.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Earth Science: Earth's Motion in Space

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the motion of the Earth with its day and night cycle, the seasons, the Earth's orbit around the Sun, and its year-long cycle.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Beauty & Happiness: How Do We Define Beauty?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "How do we define beauty?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required...