GRADE LEVEL AND CONTENT AREA:
K/Science Seasons
J This
unit is about the four seasons.
You will be exploring how trees change over the season. You will also observe how weather
changes over the seasons and how that influences how we live our lives in what
we wear.
STANDARDS AND INDICATORS (LISTED BY NUMBER):
A.8. Relate seasonal weather patterns to appropriate choices
of clothing and activities.
GRADE-LEVEL CONCEPT: u Daily and seasonal weather conditions affect what
we do, what we wear and how we feel.
GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS:
1. Changes
in weather conditions can be recorded during different times of day, from day
to day, and over longer periods of time (seasonal cycle). Repeated observations can show patterns
that can be used to predict general weather conditions. For example, temperatures are generally
cooler at night than during the day and colder in winter than in spring, summer
or fall.
2. Weather
influences how we dress, how we feel, and what we do outside.
3. Weather
affects the land, animals and plants, and bodies of water.
CONCEPTS: Need To know about …
v Seasons
and how they relate to appropriate choices in life and how they relate to
animals.
v There
are 4 seasons (season occur both on land and in water)
v Each
season has it own weather.
v Weather
in each season affects choices we make.
v Weather
can vary in each season.
v Animals
can have different behaviors patterns in different seasons.
SKILLS: Be able to do:
Ø Relate
seasonal weather to choices in clothing and activity.
Ø Identify
the four seasons and recognize the seasonal weather patterns.
Ø Predict
what clothes or activities will be appropriate for a specific season.
Ø Record
observations of weather related to clothing, sports, animals (activities).
MISCONCEPTIONS:
Ø The
seasons are caused by how far the earth is from the sun. (The seasons are
caused by the tilt of the earth on its axis)
Ø Seasons
only occur on land.
Ø Seasons
only influence people.
KEY SCIENCE VOCABULARY: weather, season
(winter, spring, summer, fall), thermometer, precipitation, freezing, melt
TOPICS OR CONTEXT: (WHAT YOU WILL USE TO TEACH CONCEPTS
AND SKILL-PARTICULAR UNIT, LESSONS, ACTIVITIES)
Literature- (fiction and non-fiction)
Websites
Significant task
Observation of weather patterns (graphs- professional and
class produced.)
Foss Tree Kit: Module: Trees Through the Seasons
SUGGESTED BIG IDEAS FROM “UNWRAPPED” STANDARD AND
INDICATORS/Cumulative questions:
1. Seasons have
patterns (weather and calendar).
2. Season
influences choices.
3. Seasons
influences animal behavior.
4. Seasons are
related to weather.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO GUIDE INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT:
1. How do
seasons affect human choices and animals lives?
2. What makes the seasons different from each other?
3. Why are
seasons important to know about?
4. What are
seasons?
Lesson Plan Outline for Seasons Unit
Lesson |
Objective/Purpose |
Goal |
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Done |
1 |
Introduction to the 4 Seasons |
Students will be able to recite the four seasons and understand that each has different characteristics that make the season unique. |
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2 |
Choose clothes appropriate to the season. |
Students will recognize that different seasons will require different clothes. |
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3 |
Chart the weather |
Students will learn how to chart the daily weather on graph. This can become part of the Saxon meeting. |
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4 |
Foss Kit: Trees: Through the Seasons Fall part 1 What Comes From a Tree |
Students observe what falls from trees and study tree fruits and nuts. |
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5 |
Foss Kit: Trees: Through the Seasons Fall part 2 Food from Trees |
Students will recognize that fruit comes from trees and that fruit has a structure. |
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6 |
Foss Kit: Trees: Through the Seasons Fall part 3 Visiting Adopted Trees in Fall |
Students will visit the tree(s) and recognize its fall characteristics it has in the fall |
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7 |
Foss Kit: Trees: Through the Seasons Winter part 4 Evergreen Hunt |
Students will recognize that all evergreens can have different types of leaves, needles, and scales. |
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8 |
Foss Kit: Trees: Through the Seasons Winter part 5 Winter Twigs |
Students will recognize the structure of a branch in the winter |
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Foss Kit: Trees: Through the Seasons Winter part 6 Visiting Adopted Trees in Winter |
Students will visit the tree(s) and recognize its fall characteristics it has in the winter |
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10 |
Foss Kit: Trees: Through the Seasons Spring part 7 Forcing Twigs |
Students will recognize what happens to a bud in spring |
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Foss Kit: Trees: Through the Seasons Spring part 8 Bark Hunt |
Students will recognize that all bark has similarities and
differences. |
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12 |
Foss Kit: Trees: Through the Seasons Spring part 9 Visiting Adopted Trees in Spring |
Students will visit the tree(s) and recognize its fall characteristics it has in the spring |
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13 |
Culminating Activity |
Students will make a book about the seasons that they have generated throughout the school year. |
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