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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Earth and Space the Seasons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the relationship between the sun and earth and how the seasons happen. Vocabulary of the equinox, solstice, etc. is included.
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University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky: Insects All Year

For Students 3rd - 8th
The University of Kentucky provides information and activities about insects for each month of the year. Projects include art and observational activities.
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Songs and Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Winter Monsoon in India, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1910 of the Indian subcontinent and the Central Asia region showing the typical rainfall distribution patterns during the winter monsoons, keyed to show areas of rainfall ranging from very light to heavy rainfall. The map...
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Other

Guide to Seasonal Affective Disorder

For Students 9th - 10th
This site give information on SAD, effects it has on people, and what causes it.
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Other

Sada: Sad Association

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the largest surviving support organization to help support and advise sufferers of SAD.
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Other

Antarctica Online: Life in Antarctica

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains the history of the U.S. Antarctic Program and describes each of the three stations operated by the United States, of which McMurdo Station is the largest. Following that is a description of how seasons are experienced in the...
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Other

Earth Sky: Everything You Need to Know: December Solstice 2014

For Students 9th - 10th
Winter solstice, earliest sunset, latest sunrise. It seems that, in the Northern Hemisphere anyway, these three events should happen on the same day. Read this explanation of the changing of the seasons and learn why the winter solstice...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Tomie De Paola's Biography

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource features a booklist for Tomie dePaola. There is a summary and a picture of each book.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Wintertime Math

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson kindergarten students will explore beginning mathematics by ordering numbers to 30, recognizing sets, recalling number words to ten and matching simple addition sentences to snowflake...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Arctic Ground Squirrel

For Students 4th - 8th
Arctic Ground Squirrels must cope with a harsh environment that offers long, cold winters, strong winds, a short growing season, permafrost, poor drainage, and limited cover. The squirrels are, by necessity, dormant for seven months each...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 1: The Year at Maple Hill Farm

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn about change over the course of a year, investigating and exploring the four seasons and what the changing seasons mean for humans and animals. They learn about animal behavior and patterns during the seasons,...
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Lakes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What is a lake? Discover the answer to this question when you explore this informative resource. This site provides information on how temperature and seasonal changes effects lakes, how lakes are formed, how lakes compare in numbers to...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South American Heat Belts, 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1901 of the Heat Belts in South America showing the Heat Equator in July, regions where it is always hot, regions of temperate winters and hot summers, and regions where it is always temperate. "There is comparatively little...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Heat Belts in South America, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1898 of the Heat Belts in South America showing the Heat Equator in July, regions where it is always hot, regions of temperate winters and hot summers, and regions where it is always temperate. "There is comparatively little...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1898 of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. The map includes an inset map of Cuba and the Isthmus of Nicaragua. "The surface of the Rocky Mountain highland in Mexico is quite similar to that of the great plateau...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Gardens: Grow Your Own Victory Garden [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of gardening throughout the year. Learn what plants thrive during each season and how to prepare, plant and care for your new plants.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Four Seasons: Winter

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Four Seasons: Winter", created by Camille Pissarro in 1872 (Oil on canvas, 55 x 130 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Seasons: Autumn and Winter

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Seasons: Autumn and Winter", created by Jean Goujon from 1550-56 (Stone).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Allegory of the Four Seasons Winter

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Allegory of the Four Seasons - Winter", created by Jacob De Wit from 1751-52 (Oil on canvas, 216 x 146 cm).
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Summer Monsoon in India, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1910 of the Indian subcontinent and the Central Asia region showing the typical rainfall distribution patterns during the summer monsoons, keyed to show areas of rainfall ranging from very light to, according to this text, the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Annual Rainfall in Africa, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of Africa and Madagascar showing the mean annual rainfall distribution given in inches, seasonal variations in precipitation, and seasonal costal wind direction. The map is color-coded to show annual precipitation ranging...
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Other

Sada: What Is Sad?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes what SAD is and what causes it.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Tulip Gardens

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Track tulip growth as the season changes from winter to spring. See how temperature, rainfall, and sunshine affect growth and help scientists look for patterns of climate change.