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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Seasonal Changes of a Tree

For Teachers K - 1st
For this activity, students adopt a tree in the schoolyard and observe it throughout the year, recording the changes that they notice as the seasons pass. They will learn about the parts of the tree and notice how the tree is used by...
Unit Plan
Globe

The Globe Program: Seasons Module

For Teachers K - 1st
Through learning activities, students describe the seasonal changes in a local habitat, observe how colors in nature change through the seasons, and research hummingbirds.
Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can view maps showing the migratory paths of dozens of animals across the northern hemisphere, report a sighting of one of the animals listed in the database, and much more.
PPT
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Seasons on Earth and Mars

For Students 6th - 8th
Compare the seasons on Earth and Mars with NASA imagery. Use this resource to visualize how the axial tilt of a planet influences its seasons and to compare data about seasonal changes on Earth and Mars. Support materials include:...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Earth in Motion: Seasons

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interactive activity from the Adler Planetarium explains the "reasons for the seasons." Featured is a game in which Earth must be properly placed in its orbit in order to send Max, the host, to different parts of the world during...
Graphic
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Watching the Seasons Change: Fall

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an appropriate resource for investigating the impact seasonal change has on organisms. Have your students track the changes that come with fall by journaling. The online table addresses physical changes in the environment...
Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Watching the Seasons Change: Spring

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an appropriate resource for investigating the impact seasonal change has on organisms. Have your students track the changes that come with spring by journaling. The online table addresses physical changes in the environment...
Unit Plan
Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education: Teaching Box: Seasonal Upwelling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A suite of lessons focusing on the process of upwelling. Inquiry-based exploration of seasonal upwelling includes marine food webs, food production in the ocean, wind-driven ocean currents, and seasonal changes in biotic and abiotic...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: A Look at the Seasons

For Teachers 1st
Identify characteristics of the seasons.
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.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pov's 32nd Season Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
POV's 32nd season highlights stories from women's perspectives on issues ranging from youth-led climate activism, domestic surveillance, rape culture, historical trauma, industrialized agriclture and others, with nine films showcasing...
Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Japanese Seasonal Scroll Painting [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An activity where students learn about the art of Japanese scroll painting, and create their own scroll painting to reflect the seasonal changes in a garden. This is designed to be in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden, but...
Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Seasonal Temperature Pattern Variation in Different Regions of the World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use GLOBE climate science visualizations to display student data on maps and to learn about seasonal changes in regional and global temperature patterns.
Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Climate Change and Vector Borne Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Vector-borne diseases are transmitted typically by the bite of an infected arthropod. Climate plays an important role in the seasonal pattern or temporal distribution of diseases that are carried and transmitted through vectors because...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Why Are There Seasons? A Study of Phenology

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is an ongoing activity where young scholars take monthly temperature measurements, and make observations of the weather and changes in the environment, at the same location in the schoolyard each time. They will make and use an...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Weather and Seasonal Cycles

For Teachers K - 1st
For this activity, young scholars conduct ongoing observations of the weather and seasonal changes, and record them in their weather journals.
Lesson Plan
University of Wisconsin

Uw: Probabilities, Uncertainties and Units Used to Quantify Climate Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource engages learners in using scientific data to analyze a 150-year dataset from Lake Mendota in Madison Wisconsin reflecting seasonal ice cover.
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium:seasons/shadows: Investigate How Shadows Shift Throughout the Year

For Students 9th - 10th
Ancient Chacoans used shadows to tell daily time and seasons. Build a model that demonstrates the changes in Earth's tilt that affect the length of shadows relative to the sun that determines the seasons. The lesson plan uses everyday...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Life's Different Seasons

For Teachers 2nd
Recognize changes in bears and insects and compare them.
Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: The Seasons

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the four seasons, when they occur in the northern and southern hemispheres, and why the seasons change as the Earth rotates around the Sun.
Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Seasons

For Students 1st - 6th
Learn about the four seasons, why they occur, and how seasons change.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Changing Seasons: Collection

For Students Pre-K - K
Join PBS KIDS and explore the seasons: fall, winter, and spring! The lessons have been co-designed by museum and educational partners and feature many of your PBS KIDS friends. Introduce media clips, extension activities, articles, and...
Handout
Science U

Science U: Reasons for the Seasons

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage uses diagrams and video to explain the causes of the seasons.
Handout
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Seasonal Observations

For Students 3rd - 5th
Have you ever wondered what is going on under the snow? Why leaves change colors? How migratory birds find their way? Find the answers and check out these ideas on how to explore, discuss, or celebrate based on our four seasons!

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