Read Works
Read Works: Beating the Winter Blues
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the winter blues and how to lift your spirits. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Family doctor.org: Seasonal Affective Disorder
This article provides great information on Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. The topics that are covered in this article include: what is seasonal affective disorder, How common is SAD, and is there a treatment for SAD.
Read Works
Read Works: It Is Apple Season
[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.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Winter Berries for Winter Birds
Find out about the change in diet for many bird species as the seasons change.
Read Works
Read Works: Tis the Season
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the winter holidays Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.
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Lunar and Planetary Institute: Sky Tellers: Myths, Magic, Mysteries of Universe
Very nice website with excellent graphics depicting the change of the seasons and how the seasons are different between the northern and southern hemisphere. Also has a nice informational table of the spring and fall equinox and summer...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids Science: Earth's Seasons
Kids learn about the science of the seasons - winter, spring, summer, and autumn. Why we have them due to the Earth's tilt.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: The Seasons
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.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Seasons
Learn about the four seasons, why they occur, and how seasons change.
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tar Heel Reader: Seasons
Find out about the four seasons with this digital version of a picture book.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: What Causes the Season?
Explore what causes the change of seasons on the Earth.
Other
Alaska Northern Lights: Seasonal Affective Disorder [Pdf]
A great resource for information about SAD. Read about the symptoms, what causes SAD, how it was discovered that light is the key, and the role that melatonin plays in SAD. Also given are some tips for avoiding the "winter blues".
University of California
University of California: Bampfa: Yosemite Winter Scene by Albert Bierstadt
Learn about different qualities of landscapes, such as degree of realism versus exaggeration, from this activity that pushes viewers to think about different aspects of Bierstadt's seasonal landscape titled Yosemite Winter Scene.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: A Study of Seasons
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart has an overview of the 4 seasons - winter, spring, summer, fall. It has an introductory video, activities for the students, web links, and webs for students to complete. The flipchart...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Winter Clothes
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using this flipchart, students will be able to properly identify appropriate clothing that goes with different seasons.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Earth and Space the Seasons
[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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Dltk Ninos: Dibujos De Invierno Para Colorear
A collection of winter-themed, Spanish-language coloring sheets.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Notes on the Seasons
This resource consists of guided notes that are designed to be filled out by students. Designed for the purpose as being a study tools, teachers may also distribute blank copies of these guided notes and have them serve as stand-alone...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Hero Elementary: Super Seasons Snapshots
Children can look around to practice making observations and to notice details they might otherwise not notice. There are scenes for each season - spring, summer, fall, and winter. Explore a park to learn how animals and plants change...
Other
Sada: Treating Seasonal Affective Disorder
This site describes three types of treatment for this disorder. These treatments are light therapy, anti-depressant drugs and psycho therapy.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Songs and Poems
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
Other
Guide to Seasonal Affective Disorder
This site give information on SAD, effects it has on people, and what causes it.
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Antarctica Online: Life in Antarctica
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...