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Teaching the class about the four seasons was entertaining and intrinsically rewarding. To teach the concept, my partner and I used props to represent each season (gloves and a hat, sandals, leaves, flowers and an umbrella, etc.) We utilized each prop as we explained the time of year we were describing. The students volunteered to name the season (this technique basically turned the lesson into a fun, educational game which kept them involved). The students were in pairs and given their own set of PlayDoh, so they can create their own, mini earth models. The students used PlayDoh to exemplify "rotation" and "revolution." This was a hands on activity that showed the teachers that the students understood the concepts. In order to display rotation, the students moved their "earths" in circular motions near the sun (held by the teacher). To prove they understood "revolution," they spun it around the sun completely, which represented one full year. An entertaining YouTube video was shown to the students to help them associate weather, activities, etc. with each season (i.e: leaves are associated with fall). Lastly, the students created their own illustrations of weather for any season of their choosing. Overall, it was a fun, engaging lesson that I would love to teach again!
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I love this idea! What a great way to get your students out of their seats by doing a hands on activity. I love how you used real props too, it allows the children to make a connection to the object and real life rather than just showing them a picture! I also like how you can the students many activities to do in order to allow them to make the connection before they created their own illustration! Well done!
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I LOVE the idea of giving the kids a manipulative such as playdoh for them to create their own models. I think having kids create models in science is overlooked when it's such an important skill. I loved that they could show you the difference between rotation and revolution because those things can be hard for a kid to explain orally.
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I really liked your lesson ideas. It sounds like your students had a blast and learned a lot as well. I liked how you engaged them by showing them props and having them guess what season it would be used for. The play doh earth idea was also awesome. Thank you for your season lesson idea!
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What a neat idea! Thank you for sharing!
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I also had to teach a lesson about the four seasons, but it was my first time teaching a science lesson since I am still a student teacher. I think your lesson is extremely engaging and hands on which is important for students. This would be great for ELL students as well because they have a lot of visuals to help them learn the four seasons. If I had to teach the lesson again, I would include using props and having the students guess or name the season that prop belongs in.
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Thank you for sharing this great idea. Definitely will use it for future classroom.
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Thank you for sharing this great idea. Definitely will use it for future classroom.
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Hello! I am very impresed by how you incorporated the lesson plan and how you made it very fun for the students to learn the different seasons. The way you were part of being able to represent each season by wearing something that matched the season was a very good strategy and fun activity. Everything about this lesson plan was hands-on by using the playdoh and let the students create their own earth models, they are learning and having fun at the same time which is very important because young learners learn through games. Also, as I mentioned they learn by doing/watching fun things, and you did awesome by showing the youtube video, because you're also incorporating technology! Excellent job, I will definetely take this lesson as an example when teaching about seasons.
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I love the idea of using Play-Doh as a manipulatable tool for children to build models. I think it’s easy to overlook the importance of building models in science when it’s as important as it is. I liked that they were able to demonstrate the difference between rotations and revolutions because these concepts can be difficult for children to explain orally.
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Hi, Mary!
Thank you for providing this lesson! I would love to do this with my students since we are currently learning about seasons and Earth (rotation and revolution). I like how engaging your lesson was!
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Hi, I really enjoy this lesson. I like the idea of using props to display the seasons. This makes the seasons very relatable to the kids because they tend to know the kinds of outfits you wear during the year. The activity using clay is great because of how hands-on it is. I believe all students love clay and using their hands. The evaluation idea is very effective as well.
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What grade is this for?
What would be different if i were to do this in kindergarten?
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I still think that this lesson would be possible for kindergarten! You might have to modify it some like break it into multiple days...a season a day but I think it is possible and they would love this hands on activity!
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I love this idea! I think this is a great way to give kids a hands on activity about the seasons! I think that most kids learn best when given manipulatives in the classroom. I often keeps them more engaged in the lesson.
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I love this idea! I think this is a great way to give kids a hands on activity about the seasons! I think that most kids learn best when given manipulatives in the classroom. I often keeps them more engaged in the lesson.
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Yes! I agree your lesson was very interesting and I felt that your students enjoyed themselves while learning about the seasons. I also believe that providing the students with props they have a good visual about the topic being taught.
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What a great way to generate excitement of science! I will try that when my kindergarten students begin in January. I love the whole student approach.
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I find this idea very interesting and interactive! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for sharing, I will definitely use this! It's very informative.
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This is an awesome idea! Thanks for sharing! Another pretty awesome way for students to experiment and explore different seasons is a program called Gizmos. Unfortunately, you do have to have a subscription, but it is definitely worth it! Students are able to explore how the position of the Earth and the degree of its axis affect weather and the seasons. Students are able to manipulate the program in "space" to see how those changes affect weather on Earth.
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That is an awesome idea! I love that you used props and movement in order for the students to continue their learning of this concept. This is an activity that you can bring up throughout the year as the seasons change. Bringing up the activity throughout the year and what they recall from it will keep reinforcing this knowledge and its significance. Great idea!
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As a future educator I would like to do this activity with my students because it seems that they may have a lot of fun doing this kind of activitites. I love working with hands-on activities. What a great idea. Thank you for sharing with us.
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This is a great activity!!As a future teacher I would like to say I really liked this activity i really love doing hands on activities, this will be a great opportunity for visual learners to learn as well as incorporating more technology activites to learn.
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Hi Mary, this is such a great activity. This is such a great way to do a hand-on activity with real life props like the gloves, sandles, leaves, flowers, and umbrella etc. Using play-do in hand-on activty is very common especially since it is a number one material that is safe for early childhood students to use.As a future teacher I would really like to use this activity.
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