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Winter Solstice Lesson Plans
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Students examine the winter holidays of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Winter Solstice. They define key vocabulary terms, read an article, complete a chart, and create a new holiday.
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- 3rd - 6th Grade
Students understand, and participate in, both the historical and scientific aspects of this year's celebrations by introducing them to a selection of activities.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students identify the dates of the solstices and equinoxes and how they relate to the various seasons on Earth. After discussing how the solstice and equinox affect the seasons, students use their bodies to demonstrate the how each equinox and solstice begins and ends.
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- 5th - 9th Grade
Students explore, experiment and study why the sun's path across the sky appears to change position and what solstice is and how it can be utilized as a calendar. They also assess what an equinox is and why the sun casts shadows at various latitudes.
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- 3rd - 8th Grade
Students explore summer solstice.
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- 4th Grade
Students discover the patterns that create summer and winter storms. Working in groups, they create model storms for summer and winter. Students discuss the reasons why summer storms and winter storms are different and explain the patterns that create each type of storm.
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- 3rd - 5th Grade
Students investigate the traditions associated with winter holidays. They examine why most of the holidays are associated with light. They examine the origins and customs of these holidays before creating an original holiday.
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- Kindergarten - 1st Grade
Students read the book Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts and do language arts and math activites that go with the book. In this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include shape activities, observational art activities, holiday activities, poetry activities, counting activities, and more!
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- 4th - 5th Grade
Students understand how holidays revolve all around light. In this winter holidays lesson, students find the similarities and differences between the winter holidays. Students discuss the winter solstice and how it relates to the holiday celebrations.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students engage in a lesson that investigates finding the dates of the solstices and equinoxes. They define the terms related to the concept and conduct research in order to explain the physical occurrences. They also relate to how the solstices and equinoxes relate to the seasons on Earth.
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