3.SCI.1.11 Seasons

What causes the different seasons that we know - summer, fall, winter, and spring?

 STATIONS  ROTATION

Play the Wild Weather Adventures to learn about the different seasons we experience

on Earth, and where it comes from!

GROUP 1

The Wild Weather Game Links to an external site.

Play the Wild Weather Adventure game. Your weather research blimp will explore Earth and its weather. With luck, skill, and strategy, you will race other weather research blimps to be first to travel all the way around the world and win the game. You can play with your friends or by yourself with a computer opponent.

GROUP 2

Investigate: Explore Climate Conditions! Links to an external site.

By changing the Equatorward Temperature, Poleward Temperature, and Relative Humidity you can turn sunny skies into the perfect day for a snowstorm.

Interactive Weather Maker Directions:
As you manipulate the weather, remember these two rules:

1. The temperature towards the poles (either north or south) must always be less than the temperature towards the equator.
2. The maximum difference in the two temperatures is 70 degrees.

GROUP 3

Investigate How Weather Is Made:
Follow these steps to get extra insight into how weather works:

• Using the Weather Maker Links to an external site., observe the effects of certain changes.
• Gather data: how much of a change in temperature is needed to make it snow?
• Start investigating why changing individual conditions cause a specific change in the overall weather. Review the Weather Facts Links to an external site. (PDF) to help with your investigation.