Students will keep a science journal during each of the four seasons to observe and compare changes in their environment.

In this lesson, students will understand that change occurs over time and has an impact on individuals. Students will be able to define change. They will identify changes in themselves and others. They will identify life changing events and how they affect their lifestyle. They will identify the characteristics of each season and identify the way each season influences the way people live, work, dress, and play.

Using a color chart, students will make observations outside during each of the four seasons.

In this lesson, students will dress a cut-out doll appropriately for a field trip outside during various weather conditions (such as hot, rainy, cool, very cold, and snowy).

Students will learn about the seasons as an event that has a repeating pattern by participating in a variety of activities. Supplemental resources for this lesson can be found as separate entries in the collection. They are identified as "Exploring Seasonal Change: Name of Resource."

This is a supplemental resource for the lesson: "Exploring Seasonal Change." It is a sample Key for the weather chart students will be completing in the lesson.

This is a supplemental resource for the lesson: "Exploring Seasonal Change." It is a series of pictures that students will sort during the lesson.

This is a supplemental resource for the lesson: "Exploring Seasonal Change." It is a sample of the season wheel that students create as part of the lesson.

In these activities students will understand seasons and the changes they bring. Students will learn a song about seasons and months of the year, draw and write in their science journals about the seasons to illustrate their understanding.

In this lesson, students will read 'My Circle of Seasons' by Gerda Muller. Students will be broken up into groups and assigned a season. Students will make a quilt and will write a cinquain about their season.

The interactive resource reinforces students' knowledge of the four seasons as they participate in a game of Jeopardy.

In this lesson, students take exploratory walks outside around their school campus to see and feel the signs of the season. They record their findings using writing, drawing, collecting objects and using tools such as thermometers and magnifiers. Probing questions focus on what the children are experiencing, what is happening and why. Student observations are recorded on a language experience chart. Exploratory walks continue throughout the school year with the charts and student observations collected and compared with other seasons.

In this lesson, students will read various books about the seasons. Students will discuss the behaviors of people and animals during a given season. Students will create a mural depicting themselves participating in an activity appropriate for the season they are studying.

In this lesson, the students will learn about how weather makes the seasons.

Students can view a mini page insert which addresses the changing of the season to Spring. These were articles created specifically for elementary students and were published in 1987.

In this activity, students will use their five senses to conduct outdoor observations of the four seasons.

In this lesson, students reflect upon the ways they prepare for warm and cold weather in their area by drawing and describing the clothes they wear on warm and cold days.

After reading books about how/why the seasons change, higher-level students will read a fiction book that incorporates season changes and effects of those changes with their parents for homework.  They will then answer questions about the changes and the effects of the changes and bring those answers to class so that students may engage in a discussion seminar.  This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

In this activity, students create a 3-D cube that illustrates the highlights of each season.

In this lesson, students will observe a tree throughout the year and recognize changes in weather and phenology using their 5 senses.