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What Can We Learn About Our Seasons?
Abstract
The purpose of this resource is to have students develop a qualitative understanding of the characteristics and patterns of seasons and highlight the relationship of seasons to physical, biological and cultural markers. Students observe and record seasonal changes in their local study site. They establish that these phenomena follow annual cycles and conclude the activity by creating displays that illustrate the repeating pattern associated with the appearance and disappearance of seasonal markers. Educational levels: Primary elementary, Intermediate elementary, Middle school, High school- Learning materials:Field activity
- InteractiveResource
- Environmental science
- seasons
- phenology
- climate
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Evidence, models, and explanation
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Systems, order, and organization
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Content Standard A Science as Inquiry Standards:Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Content Standard A Science as Inquiry Standards:Understanding about scientific inquiry
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Content Standard B Physical Science Standards:Motion and forces
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Content Standard B Physical Science Standards:Transfer of energy
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Content Standard D Earth and Space Science Standards:Earth in the solar system
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Change, constancy, and measurement
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Evidence, models, and explanation
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Systems, order, and organization
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Content Standard A Science as Inquiry Standards:Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Content Standard A Science as Inquiry Standards:Understandings about scientific inquiry
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Content Standard B Physical Science Standards:Interactions of energy and matter
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Content Standard B Physical Science Standards:Motions and forces
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 9-12:Content Standard D Earth and Space Science Standards:Energy in the earth system
- Supports National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) standard: Environment and Society:How physical systems affect human systems
- Supports National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) standard: Places and Regions:How culture and experience influence people's perception of places and regions
- Supports National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) standard: The Uses of Geography:How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future
- Supports National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) standard: The World in Spatial Terms:How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Change, constancy, and measurement
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Evidence, models, and explanation
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Systems, order, and organization
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Content Standard A Science as Inquiry Standards:Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Content Standard A Science as Inquiry Standards:Understanding about scientific inquiry
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Content Standard B Physical Science Standards:Position and motion of objects
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4:Content Standard D Earth and Space Science Standards:Changes in earth and sky
- Supports National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8:Unifying Concepts and Processes Standards:Change, constancy, and measurement
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This paper was published in Digital Library for Earth System Education.
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