### Lesson Plan: Seasonal Changes
**Year Group:** Year 1
**Subject:** Science
**Duration:** 60 minutes
**Lesson Topic:** Seasonal Changes
#### Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
2. Identify characteristics of each season.
3. Recognise how seasonal changes affect plants, animals, and humans.
#### Curriculum Links:
- Observe changes across the four seasons.
- Observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.
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### Lesson Structure:
**Starter Activity (10 minutes)**
- **Introduction to Seasons:**
- Display a visual aid (PowerPoint slide or poster) with images representing the four seasons.
- Engage students with a brief discussion on what they already know about the seasons.
- Ask simple questions, e.g., "What is your favourite season?" or "What do you usually wear in winter?"
**Main Activity (30 minutes)**
1. **Seasonal Changes Presentation: (10 minutes)**
- Explain the four seasons using a visual presentation with engaging pictures for each season.
- Highlight key characteristics of each season:
- **Spring:** Flowers bloom, baby animals are born, weather gets warmer.
- **Summer:** Hot weather, longer days, time for the beach or picnics.
- **Autumn:** Leaves change colour and fall, cooler weather, harvest time.
- **Winter:** Cold weather, shorter days, snowfall in some areas.
2. **Interactive Group Task: (10 minutes)**
- Divide students into small groups and provide each group with a set of pictures that depict various seasonal activities, clothing, and weather patterns.
- Each group will match the pictures to the corresponding season on a large poster (prepared beforehand with sections for each season).
3. **Seasons Song and Movements: (10 minutes)**
- Play a simple "Seasons Song" that describes each season. Encourage students to sing along and do corresponding actions or movements (e.g., pretending to be flowers blooming for Spring, shivering for Winter, etc.).
**Hands-On Activity (15 minutes)**
- **Weather Wheel Craft:**
- Provide each student with materials to create a simple "Weather Wheel" (cut-out circles, split pins).
- Students will colour and label different sections of the wheel for each season and attach an arrow that can spin.
**Conclusion and Plenary (5 minutes)**
- **Recap and Sharing:**
- Quick recap of what was learned about each season.
- Allow students to share their favourite part of the lesson or something new they learned.
- Collect the weather wheels and display them in the classroom or allow students to take them home.
**Assessment:**
- Informal questioning during the starter and main activities.
- Observation during group activity and hands-on craft.
- Student participation and engagement during the song and movement activity.
**Resources:**
- Visual aids (PowerPoint slides or poster).
- Sets of seasonal pictures for group task.
- Weather Wheel craft materials (paper, crayons, scissors, split pins).
- Audio equipment for the song.
**Extension Activities:**
- Discuss different seasonal holidays and celebrations around the world.
- Create a Seasons Calendar to mark the first day of each season.
**Homework/Next Lesson:**
- Draw a picture of their favourite season and write a sentence or two about why they like it.
- Bring an item from home that represents their favourite season for show and tell in the next lesson.