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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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NBC

Nbc Learn: A Calendar Year of Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this Chemistry Now original video series, we find examples of chemistry in the holidays and seasons of the annual calendar. Take a look at Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Halloween and Thanksgiving. Other topics include the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cosmology and Astronomy: Season Simulator

For Students 9th - 10th
This season simulator takes Earth through an entire year cycle allowing the viewer to observe the tilt of the Earth and the intensity of the sunlight.
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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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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Fisher Boat: Time & Mass: Months, Seasons and Mass

For Students K - 1st
Lars in Antarctica needs help. Can you help him with all the months of the year and with mass?
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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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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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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Seasonal Changes in Plants

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Have you seen the leaves of plants change colors? During what time of year does this happen? What causes it to happen? Plants can sense changes in the seasons....
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PBS

Pbs.org: 5 Ways to Learn, Explore and Celebrate Winter All Year

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Winter is here along with the sights, sounds, and unique elements of the season. Here are 5 ways to celebrate the winter season in your classroom.
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Read Works

Read Works: It Is Apple Season

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about apple trees during the spring, summer, fall, and winter. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: What Causes the Seasons?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students' will explore how the tilt of the earth's axis results in different amounts of solar radiation at different times of the year, causing seasons. They will simulate the earth's warming using a light bulb that...
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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, learners 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...
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Other

Ken Collins: The Season of Lent

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource highlights the major days associated with Lent. It also describes how different regions of the Christian Church observe the season of Lent.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: A Tree for All Seasons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The students will observe a maple tree throughout the year and recognize changes in weather and phenology using their 5 senses.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Potawatomi Prairie [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"Potawatomi Prairie" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about the Potawatomi tribe and how they may have spent the different seasons of the year. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Potawatomi Prairie [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"Potawatomi Prairie" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about the Potawatomi tribe and what their life may have been like during the different seasons of the year. It is followed by questions which require students to provide...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Potawatomi Prairie [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th
"Potawatomi Prairie" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about the Potawatomi tribe and what their life may have been like during the different seasons of the year. It is followed by questions which require students to provide...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Potawatomi Prairie [Pdf]

For Teachers 8th
"Potawatomi Prairie" is a one page, historical fiction, reading passage about the Potawatomi tribe and what their life may have been like during the different seasons of the year. It is followed by questions which require students to...
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Aspire: Seasons Exercise: Temperature vs. Date

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore this interactive to see what season it is in different cities around the world at different times of the year.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Aspire: Seasons Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, use seasons to determine your location. Click on the different dates to view the earth's shadow at different times of the year from the sun's position.
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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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Other

Rev. Ken Collins: The Season of Easter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the Easter season and details how it is celebrated by Christians worldwide. It includes information on the biblical account of the first Easter, derivation of the word "easter," and a method to determine the day on...
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Other

Freeology: Seasonal Printables for the Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource offers free printables for teachers, such as games for students, name tags and forms teachers need to prepare for a new school year.