Daily and Seasonal Changes – Grade 1 Science – Earth and Space Systems

Description

Do you want a fun and hands-on unit to teach daily and seasonal changes? This unit fits into the Earth and Space Systems curriculum in Ontario and is full of fun and engaging activities for little learners!

• This resource contains a PowerPoint slide(s) and a lesson plan for each lesson. There are extension activities as well as discussion questions provided in these lesson plans.

• There is a section on report card comments where sample comments are provided.

• There are posters, vocabulary and word wall cards with graphics for display or pocket charts.

Included in this resource are the following worksheets and activities:

• The sun as a source of heat
• How the sun affects day and night
• How the sun affects weather and seasons
• How the sun creates shadows and telling time with shadows
• Months of the year
• The four seasons
• – each individual season has at least 3 worksheets
• Weather patterns in the four seasons
• Sorting out clothing, activities, and weather into the four seasons
• Dressing for the season
• Shelters in each season
• Animal behavior in the seasons
• Animal shelters and how they change for the seasons
• A tree through the seasons
• Calendar/Days of the Week/Months of the Year
• Temperature – told on a thermometer
• Word Search

ALSO INCLUDED:

• 15 pages of Vocabulary for pocket chart activities that correspond with the worksheets
• Answer key included

This unit covers the following Ontario Curriculum expectations:

The Sun and how it determines day and Night

3.6 Describe how humans prepare for and/or respond to daily and seasonal changes

The Sun as a Source of Heat

2.3 Investigate the changes in the amount of heat from the sun that occur throughout the day and in the various seasons

3.1 Identify the sun as Earth’s principal source of heat and light

3.3 Describe changes in the amount of heat and light from the sun that occur throughout the day and the seasons

Shadows and the position of the sun

Investigate the changes in the amount of light from the sun that occur throughout the day and year

3.3 Describe changes in the amount of heat and light from the sun that occur throughout the day and the seasons

The Four Seasons

3.4 Describe and compare the four seasons

How Animals change & behave in the four seasons

3.5 Describe changes in the appearance or behavior of living things that are adaptations to seasonal changes (ie: hibernation, flying south for the winter)

What do you wear in the different seasons

1.1 Assess the impact of daily and seasonal changes on human outdoor activities and identify innovations that allow for some of these activities to take place indoo4rs, out of season

1.2 Assess ways in which daily and seasonal changes have an impact on society and the environment

Activities throughout the four seasons

1.1 Assess the impact of daily and seasonal changes on human outdoor activities and identify innovations that allow for some of these activities to take place indoo4rs, out of season

1.2 Assess ways in which daily and seasonal changes have an impact on society and the environment

Shelter throughout the seasons

1.1 Assess the impact of daily and seasonal changes on human outdoor activities and identify innovations that allow for some of these activities to take place indoo4rs, out of season

1.2 Assess ways in which daily and seasonal changes have an impact on society and the environment

 

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