Lesson Plan

Explore the Seasons

Every season comes with different celebrations! In this lesson, your students will learn about the seasons while exploring different ways that people celebrate events in each season.
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify the four seasons and describe different events that happen in each.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
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  • Raise a discussion on the different seasons. Potential questions include: "What are the four seasons? What activities do we do in each season? What holidays are there? What experience do you have during a particular season?"
  • Explain that the seasons are a reflection of how solar energy is distributed to the Earth based on its axis of rotation as well as its shape.
  • Tell your students that it is important to have seasons as a way of letting life be possible on Earth.