planet earth and beyond
 : Weather
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Approach: Team Level: Year 4 only

Resources: 5 sets of 4 cards with words and (for all except months) pictures:

1: July
swimming at the beach average temperature 13 degrees this month blossom on trees
2: January skiing average temperature 9 degrees this month leaves falling off trees
3: May planting the garden average temperature 20 degrees this month fruit growing on trees
4: October
The 5th set on blue card		 playing hockey average temperature 14 degrees this month no leaves on trees
5: lots of sunshine 10 days of rain this month 15 days of rain this month 18 days of rain this month  

Laminated chart to place cards on:

Questions / instructions:
This group activity is about the seasons. We want to know what your ideas are and how you do things when working together in a group. There isn't always a right or a wrong answer. You will have some cards with pictures about the seasons. To start with, we will use 16 cards. Each of you will have 4 of the cards.

The first thing I want you to do is to look at your cards and show them to the others in your group, so that everyone can see all of the cards. I want you to tell the others what is on each of your cards. Here are your cards so that you can do that now.

Now I am going to give your team a chart for putting the cards on. As a group, I want you to decide how you will arrange the cards on the chart. Arrange them so that each column on the chart has a set of cards that belong to the same season. Only put one card on each space. Here is the chart.
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Place the chart in front of the team. When the chart is complete, ask:
Now I want each person in the team to explain why you arranged the cards this way.

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Each person can explain one column on the chart.
You should explain why each card belongs to the column for that season.

Good explanations: Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

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Note that a "column" runs vertically on the chart. Explain this to the students.
Now I have 4 more [blue] cards to be put on the bottom of the chart. I will give one of these cards to each of you.
Show your card to the others, then decide as a team where they should go on your chart.
Put only one card at the bottom of each column.

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