Seasons

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Science

Grade(s)

K, 1

Overview

This resource is a list of teaching ideas for activities to teach your students about the seasons. 

Science (2015) Grade(s): KG

SC15.K.9

Observe, record, and share findings of local weather patterns over a period of time (e.g., increase in daily temperature from morning to afternoon, typical rain and storm patterns from season to season).

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Vocabulary

  • Observe
  • Record
  • Share
  • Findings
  • Weather
  • Patterns
  • Period of Time

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The number of sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy, cool, or warm days.
  • The relative temperature at various times of the day (e.g., cooler in the morning, warmer during the day, cooler at night).
  • The relative number of days of different types of weather conditions in a month.
  • The change in the relative temperature over the course of the day.
  • Certain months have more days of some kinds of weather than do other months (e.g., some months have more hot days, some have more rainy days).
  • The differences in relative temperature over the course of a day (e.g., between early morning and the afternoon, between one day and another) are directly related to the time of day.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Observe weather patterns over a period of time.
  • Record findings of weather patterns over a period of time.
  • Share findings of weather patterns over a period of time.
  • Describe patterns in the weather data.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Patterns of weather can be observed, used to describe phenomena, and used as evidence.
  • Whether events have causes that generate observable patterns.

Scientific and Engineering Practices

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Crosscutting Concepts

Patterns
Science (2015) Grade(s): 1

SC15.1.9

Observe seasonal patterns of sunrise and sunset to describe the relationship between the number of hours of daylight and the time of year (e.g., more hours of daylight during summer as compared to winter).

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Vocabulary

  • observe
  • seasonal
  • patterns
  • sunrise
  • sunset
  • describes
  • relationship
  • hours
  • daylight
  • year

Knowledge

Students know:
  • There is a relationship between the relative length of the day and the season of the year.

Skills

Students are able to:

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Seasonal patterns of sunrise and sunset can be observed, described and predicted.

    Scientific and Engineering Practices

    Planning and Carrying out Investigations

    Crosscutting Concepts

    Patterns

    CR Resource Type

    other

    Resource Provider

    National Geographic

    License Type

    CUSTOM

    Accessibility

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