The Delta Dental Winter Zoo program focuses on winter and the animals that live in winter specific habitats. For example, the event focuses on penguins for parts of the event. This field trip would allow the students to see animals of all different kinds. We would easily be able to focus on the winter aspect of the seasons, but we would also be able to tie in the other seasons. We would be able to discuss the other animals at the zoo and what season their normal habitat would be. We could then talk about why certain animals live in certain seasons.

This site would be used as a project resource. The class would be split up into groups or partners and they would present on one specific season. This site would allow for them to easily get information on one season. This site offered facts about winter, but also the history of winter and it's characteristics.

This site had facts specific to spring. I would also use this site as a project resource. The students could be separated into groups and present on a specific season and this site would allow for the students to easily get information on one specific season.

This site would be a great resource for a project. I could have the students break up into groups and then present on a specific season. This site would allow students to get information specifically on summer. This site offered facts about summer as well as some historical facts.

This site had information and facts all about autumn. There were historical facts of how autumn has evolved through the years as well as certain characteristics that are specific to autumn. I would use this site as a project resource for the students. I could have the class split up into partners or groups and each group would have to present on one of the seasons. They could make a poster or write a story about their season. This site would be a great resource for this project because it is season specific.

This site had a great diagram that showed how the earth is tilted and where it is located according to the sun during each season. I would use this site as a resource during my lessons. This could also be used as a center for the students because it had a season quiz and season themed sheets.

This video was a very child friendly video explaining why we have seasons. This video would be a great resource for the students. I could show the students this video after we have discussed what the four seasons are and the characteristics of each. This would be a great lead in to explaining why we have seasons. I could show this to the students as a whole class or make this another center. The video also has a quiz, questions, and a section to learn more about the seasons at the end of it. This makes this video even better.

This resource was organized into the four different seasons. Once you decide which season you want to explore, you click on the specifc button which then leads you to many different artifacts. There were coloring sheets that went along with the season which would be a great tool for free time during this unit. Another great tool on this site was the games. Each season had games that ranged in difficulty. I could use the game section of this website as a computer center for the students. I would definitely use this website in the classroom as well as a resourse for planning my lessons.

I picked this site because it was very fun and colorful! There were moving diagrams to show how the planets rotate around the sun as well as interactive games. There was information on the solar system as a whole as well as links to each of the planets and the planets' moons. Very educational! I would use this in my classroom as a center on the computer. I would have different centers set up around the room for the children to explore, and this would be an interactive website that would offer information to the students.