Slide 1 / 109 Slide 2 / 109 New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning Progressive Science Initiative This material is made freely available at www.njctl.org and is intended for the non-commercial use of Earth Science: students and teachers. These materials may not be used for any commercial purpose without the written Earth's Place in the Universe permission of the owners. NJCTL maintains its website for the convenience of teachers who wish to Unit 4:Seasons make their work available to other teachers, participate in a virtual professional learning community, and/or provide access to course materials to parents, students and others. Click to go to website: www.njctl.org www.njctl.org Slide 3 / 109 Slide 4 / 109 Table of Contents What is a Season? · What is a season? · Kinds of Seasons · Earth and the Seasons · Reasons for the Seasons Click here to return to Table of Contents · Click on the topic to go to that section www.njctl.org www.njctl.org Slide 5 / 109 Slide 6 / 109 Seasons Seasons Seasons occur in a cycle. What do you know about Seasons are patterns of weather that happen seasons? every year. Here are some Weather is how hot or words to think cold it is and how much rain or snow falls about. from the sky in an area. Winter Spring Summer Fall Based on these changing pictures, what are some differences in the seasons? Can you figure out which one is which?
Slide 7 / 109 Slide 8 / 109 Months of the Year Seasons As the months of the year change, we usually see differences in the daily weather. We call them seasons. Make a list of the differences that you see. Slide 9 / 109 Slide 10 / 109 Seasons 1 What is the pattern of weather that changes over a year? Here are some ideas about the seasons: · Winter is cold and it snows. A season · Summer is hot and dry. Answer B weather · Fall is cooler and the leaves change colors. · Spring can be rainy and that is when the flowers come out. Why do the seasons change? That is what we need to figure out! Draw a picture for each season in your Season's Journal. Slide 11 / 109 Slide 12 / 109 2 What season is cold and snowy? 3 What season has changing leaves? Answer Answer A Winter A Fall B Summer B Summer
Slide 13 / 109 Slide 14 / 109 4 Seasons are patterns of weather that happen 5 What season can be rainy and includes the flowers every year. blooming? True Answer A Spring False B Summer Answer Slide 15 / 109 Slide 16 / 109 Seasons Think about the weather where you live. Kinds of Seasons Do you have four seasons? Look outside. Based on your observations, what season are you in now? Click here to return to Table of Contents www.njctl.org Slide 17 / 109 Slide 18 / 109 Seasons: Winter Seasons Winter has shorter days and colder temperatures. In many places in the world there are four seasons. Summer Sometimes in winter there will be snow, sleet, hail and rain . Winter Fall These are types of precipitation. Spring Here is a video on types of precipitation Fall is also called Autumn.
Slide 19 / 109 Slide 20 / 109 Seasons: Winter Seasons: Winter The weather gets colder. The days get shorter. Because the leaves have fallen off of the trees, the branches are Some animals grow thick fur to stay warm in bare. the winter. Snow may cover the ground. Snow also affects the way animals People live in warm houses and behave; many animals burrow in the wear heavy coats outside. snow. Mice and voles will live under a layer of snow! Slide 21 / 109 Slide 22 / 109 Seasons: Winter Seasons: Winter Some animals coats change color in the winter. Instead of hibernating in the winter, some animals migrate. What does migrate mean? They do this to confuse or prevent other animals from seeing them. Some examples are the arctic fox, weasel, white-tailed Animals go to a warmer climate where they can find jackrabbit, and mountain hare. food and where the weather is warmer. Slide 23 / 109 Slide 24 / 109 Seasons: Winter 6 Winter is a season that has shorter, colder days. Hibernation is a state True of "sleep" that some False animals do during Answer the winter months. Animals that hibernate include bears, bats, crocodiles, and turtles. Video on Hibernation
Slide 25 / 109 Slide 26 / 109 8 Some animals grow think fur in the winter to stay 7 Do animals migrate to warmer places for the weather warm and shed their heavy coat in spring. and for food? True Yes Answer Answer False No Slide 27 / 109 Slide 28 / 109 Seasons: Spring 9 Hibernation is like a very deep sleep. In the Spring, the weather can be warm one day and cold the next. True False There is an old saying: Answer "March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb." What do you think people mean by that? Slide 29 / 109 Slide 30 / 109 Seasons: Spring Seasons: Spring As Spring arrives....places where there is a lot In the beginning of the spring of snow begins to thaw and melt . season the weather can be wild like a wild animal. By the end of the season of spring the weather is calm like a little lamb.
Slide 31 / 109 Slide 32 / 109 Seasons: Spring Seasons: Spring Animals come out of hibernation in the Flooding is common spring. during this time of year because the snow is melting. Young animals are born in the spring. Slide 33 / 109 Slide 34 / 109 Seasons: Spring Seasons: Spring During the season of spring, the days become warmer and longer until June 21st. It rains a lot in the spring and this helps the plants and flowers grow. New life begins in the spring. This describes both plants and animals! Slide 35 / 109 Slide 36 / 109 10 Spring brings new life for plants and animals. 11 The old saying is "March comes in like a lamb and out like a lion." True True False False Answer Answer
Slide 37 / 109 Slide 38 / 109 12 Is spring the season after summer? 13 Spring time weather is aways the same. Yes True No False Answer Answer Slide 39 / 109 Slide 40 / 109 14 Some places have four seasons they are 15 In the season of spring there is a lot of: Winter,_________, Summer, and Fall. A rain A Wet B hot weather Answer Answer B Spring C short days C Dry Slide 41 / 109 Slide 42 / 109 Seasons: Summer Seasons: Summer Summer is the warmest of the four seasons. What do you know about summer? Summer is the season with the longest daylight hours and warmest days of the Writing year. Activity Write five things that you know about Summer.
Slide 43 / 109 Slide 44 / 109 Seasons: Summer Seasons: Summer The summer solstice is the longest day with sunlight Daylight continues to lengthen from spring until the Summer and the shortest night. Solstice. June 21st is the Summer Solstice, which is the longest day of the year! Summer has more hours of daylight than any other season! The daily temperature is hotter than any other season! Slide 45 / 109 Slide 46 / 109 Seasons: Summer 16 During the summer the days are longer than the days of the other seasons? Yes No Answer Many people have vegetables and flower gardens in the summer. Slide 47 / 109 Slide 48 / 109 17 Summer falls between what two seasons? 18 Summer comes after _______. A Winter and Spring A Winter B Spring and Fall B Spring Answer C Fall and Winter C Fall Answer
Slide 49 / 109 Slide 50 / 109 Seasons: Fall/Autumn Seasons: Fall/Autumn Fall is the season that comes after summer. The trees' leaves change into many beautiful colors as the amount of daylight decreases. The temperature becomes cooler as the amount of daylight decreases. In the fall the days are shorter and the temperature becomes cooler as the seasons changes to winter. . Slide 51 / 109 Slide 52 / 109 Seasons: Fall/Autumn Seasons: Fall/Autumn Many children go to farms in the fall to pick pumpkins and apples. In the fall it is cooler so we need to dress warmer. Some may go for hayrides or run through corn mazes. Slide 53 / 109 Slide 54 / 109 Seasons: Fall/Autumn 19 In the fall the days are_______. Trees begin to lose their A warmer beautiful leaves. Answer B shorter C longer Apples are ready to be picked in the fall.
Slide 55 / 109 Slide 56 / 109 20 Are Autumn and Fall the same season? 21 Fall is the season that comes after _____. A winter Yes Answer B summer No Answer C spring Slide 57 / 109 Slide 58 / 109 Seasons 22 The four seasons are A Winter, Spring, Summer, Wet B Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall Answer C Winter, Summer, Autumn, Fall Winter Spring Summer Fall/ Autumn What patterns do you see in this diagram? Each sun equals 2 hour of sunlight. Which season has the most hours of sunlight? Remember, the greater the amount of sunlight, the warmer the temperatures! Slide 59 / 109 Slide 60 / 109 Earth and the Seasons Quiz #1 Click here to return to Table of Contents Return to Table of Contents www.njctl.org www.njctl.org
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