Grades 1–3
Animals in Winter
Sort nine animals by how they get through winter: hibernate, migrate or adapt.
Science worksheet · Seasons
Why Do We Have Seasons?
Read how Earth’s tilt makes the seasons, mark seven facts true or false and fix one.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–4
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Seasons, Weather patterns, How Earth moves
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Earth is tilted. As it travels around the sun each year, the half of Earth tipped toward the sun gets more direct sunlight and longer days: it has summer. The half tipped away from the sun has winter.
- Circle True or False.
- Earth takes one year to travel around the sun.
- We have summer because Earth gets much closer to the sun.
- Earth is tilted.
- When it is summer in the United States, it is winter in
- Summer days have more hours of daylight than winter days.
- Every place on Earth has four very different seasons.
Teacher tip
Walk a tilted globe around a lamp so kids see the tilt stays the same.
How to use it
- Look out the window and talk about the season right now.
- Use a globe and a lamp to show Earth’s tilt.
- Start with a two-minute “I notice, I wonder” talk about the picture on the sheet.
Watch for
Seasons are not caused by Earth being closer to the sun. They come from the tilt.
Talk about it
- What do you wear in each season?
- What evidence helped you choose your answer?
Take it further
Adopt a tree and photograph it once a season.
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More seasons worksheets
Grades K–2
Season Riddles
Read eight clues and write the season each one tells about, then write your own riddle.
Grades K–1
The Four Seasons
A seasons wheel with a tree in spring, summer, fall and winter to color and trace, then draw your favorite season.
Grades K–2
Seasons Sort
Write twelve things under the season they fit best, from mittens to raking leaves.
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