Transcript The Seasons.

The Seasons.
By: Daberechi Nwabah
Types of Seasons
Summer
Winter
Fall
Spring
Unit Questions
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What are the different Seasons?
What causes the Seasons to change?
Why is summer so hot?
Why is winters day so short?
Why is summers day so long?
What is the definition of Solstices?
Activities
• In a small groups the students will create a
diagram of the Seasons, in relation to the
Earth and sun.
• The students will individually color and
label the signs of summer, winter, spring,
and autumn.
• In a group they will dress up a tree for the
seasons.
TEKS
Science grade level 2
• (1) In Grade 2, the study of science includes planning and conducting
simple classroom and field investigations to help students develop the skills
of making measurements using standard and non-standard units, using
common tools such as rulers and clocks to collect information, classifying
and sequencing objects and events, and identifying patterns. Students also
use computers and information technology tools to support their
investigations.
• (2) As students learn science skills, they identify components and processes
of the natural world including the water cycle and the use of resources.
They observe melting and evaporation, weathering, and the pushing and
pulling of objects as examples of change. In addition, students distinguish
between characteristics of living organisms and nonliving objects, compare
lifelong needs of plants and animals, understand how living organisms
depend on their environments, and identify functions of parts of plants and
animals.
FUN FACTS
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I'll bet you didn't know that leaves are really red, yellow, orange, and brown
all year long; we just can't see it! The intense green pigment of chlorophyll
actually blocks the pigments of the other colors. You could say that the other
colors are "invisible". In the autumn, red, yellow, orange, and brown become
visible and bright when the green chlorophyll weakens before the leaf falls
off the tree.
Most snowflakes are less than one-half inch across. The largest snowflake
recorded was fifteen inches in diameter. All snowflakes have six sides and
no two snowflakes are alike.
Believe it or not, snow is actually clear/transparent. Snow appears white
because the crystals act as prisms, breaking up the light of the sun into the
entire spectrum of color.
Thunder and lightning storms occur more often in the summer.
Severe weather most often occurs during the spring, when warm air begins
to invade from lower latitudes while cold air is still pushing from the polar
regions.
Credits
• http://www.youthonline.ca/seasons.shtml
• http://www.netglimse.com/holidays/summe
r/summer_fun,_facts_and_suggestions.sht
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• http://www.everythingpreschool.com/them
es/spring/encyclopedia.php
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subject
s/astronomy/planets/earth/Seasons.shtml