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Seasons Lab Book WorkbookSeasons Lab Book Workbook
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University of California
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5th - 8th
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2000
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Seasons Lab Book

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Unlock the mystery behind seasonal change with a collection of worksheets and activities. Whether they are drawing pictures of Earth's orbit around the sun or graphing the temperature and daylight hours of different locations from around the world, these exercises help young scientists develop a clear understanding of Earth's seasons.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the four seasons, summer, spring, fall, autumn, winter, the sun, the solar system, the earth, the earth's orbit, seasonal change, the earth's axis, latitude and longitude, temperature, climate regions, climates, elevation, solar energy, solar radiation, ellipses

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science

Instructional Ideas

  • Use these worksheets and activities as learning centers during a science unit on the solar system
  • Supplement the graphing exercises into a math lesson on creating and analyzing line graphs

Pros

  • A variety of activities are included that engage students in learning about seasonal change
  • Temperature and daylight data is provided for different locations around the world
  • Includes a chart for converting between degrees Farenheit and Celcius

Cons

  • Directions are not included for performing the Trip to the Sun activity

Common Core

W.5.4 W.6.4 W.7.4 W.8.4 5.MD.B.2 6.NS.C.6.a 6.NS.C.6.c 6.NS.C.8 7.NS.A.3 RST.6-8.7

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