Seasons of the year

• What is the weather like today? 
• Did you check the weather to help you decide what to wear today? 
• During each of the 4 seasons in Veracruz State, the weather is different. 
• What is your favorite season? Why? 

INTRODUCTION

A planet's year is the time it takes to make one complete orbit around the Sun. The Earth goes once round the Sun in one Earth year. That's 365 Earth days.

We've seen already that different planets take different lengths of time to orbit the Sun. That means their years are different lengths. Mercury has a year of just 88 Earth days, and Neptune has a year of 164 Earth years.

The Earth's axis

Seasons

The Earth's axis is the imaginary line through the centre of the Earth between the South and North poles. This axis istilted slightly compared to the way the Earth orbits the Sun.

We get different seasons (winter, spring, summer and autumn) because the Earth is tilted. This is how it works:

When the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun it is summer in the UK.

Orbit of the Earth around the Sun

When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun it is winter in the UK.


When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, it is winter in the southern hemisphere.


Because of the tilt of the Earth's axis the Sun moves higher in the sky in summer, when we tilt towards it, than in winter.

Movement of the Sun due to the Tilt of the Earth

Took from: BBC




TASK

• You are going to learn about the 4 Seasons.

• Then you will make a book about your favorite season individually. 

PROCESS

• Look at the videos about each season in the links below and read the information about the seasons of the year in order to choose one of them as your favorite season.
• Print or download the file of the book to edit it. 
• Bring the book about the seasons and present it to the class.

NOTE: This activity is a project, so it will have a value of 5 points for the exam



RESOURCES

Seasons And Their Characteristics
The Four Seasons: Change Marks the Passing of a Year
Spring Season
Seasons
Understanding The Four Seasons: Kids Education Resources
The meaning of the spring season
Weather Facts

Videos:

Seasons

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Rubric:

• Vocabulary
• Images
• Spelling of  the words
• Design of the presentation 
• Extra information about the chosen season 

Conclusion:

With this activity, we have learnt what causes the seasons of the year, also we saw the Weather and what kind of clothes you should wear depending on the representative weather of each season. 

Reflexión sobre la Web 2.0

Hoy en día, el uso de la tecnología es algo de importancia, ya que está ha llegado hasta el ámbito educativo, dando nuevas herramientas a los docentes para poder trabajar con los alumnos de una manera innovadora y a la vez divertida.

La tecnología se ha convertido en algo necesario para nuestra sociedad, se hablaba en las exposiciones de un “Sociedad del conocimiento”, y ahora una “Sociedad de Información”. En la red se puede encontrar sin fin de información sobre distintos temas, por lo tanto es necesario desarrollar en los alumnos ciertas competencias que les permitan seleccionar y clasificar la información que sea pertinente y fidedigna.

La implementación de la Web 2.0, está enfocada en el compartimiento de información en dónde los alumnos podrían compartir y ampliar ideas con sus compañeros de clase de manera virtual, mediante wikis, blogs, redes sociales, etc. Como se mencionó anteriormente esto da un nuevo giro a la manera de educar y aprender en los estudiantes.

Considero que es de gran importancia desarrollar competencias en los alumnos para que hagan uso adecuado de los diferentes elementos e información que la Web les provee y de esta manera crear personas autónomas y de pensamiento crítico, así como también el uso de este tipo de herramientas por parte del docente para poder permitir este nuevo tipo de enseñanza-aprendizaje con el uso de tecnología.