Let’s Learn About Solar Eclipses
Lessons
Students will learn about solar eclipses by role-playing the Sun, the Moon and the Earth.
Winter in the Woods Interactive
Interactives
Click around the interactive image below to learn more about animals that hibernate in Canadian winters.
Why is there day and night?
Lessons
Students will learn about how the earth rotates on its axis which creates the cycle of night and day.
Weather: Temperature
Backgrounders
Temperature affects the way we live, the clothes we wear and activities we do. But how does temperature vary across the globe?
Seasonal Clothing: Winter
Picture Collections
11 images of some clothing that may typically be worn in the winter such as gloves, toques, scarves and snow boots
Seasonal Activities: Winter
Picture Collections
13 images of some activities that may happen in the winter such as snowboarding, skating and playing hockey on ice
Why do we have seasons?
Backgrounders
Learn why seasons change. Discover how they’re different in the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Why is it colder in the winter even though the Earth is closer to the Sun?
Hands-on Activities
Learn why we have seasons in this hands on activity.
Weather: Snow
Picture Collections
10 images of some snowflake crystals and some winter scenes with snow
Trees: In Autumn
Picture Collections
10 images showing some scenes with coniferous and deciduous trees in the fall or autumn season
Trees: In Spring
Picture Collections
10 images of some coniferous and deciduous trees showing new growth in the spring season
Trees: In Summer
Picture Collections
9 images showing some scenes with coniferous and deciduous trees in the summer
Trees: In Winter
Picture Collections
10 images of various winter scenes showing some coniferous and deciduous trees in snowy conditions
Seasonal Activities: Autumn
Picture Collections
10 images of some activities that may happen in the fall such as picking pumpkins and apples, and raking leaves
Seasonal Activities: Spring
Picture Collections
10 images of some activities that may happen in the spring such as planting, flying kites and having picnics