Four Seasons Sorting

Year 1 ScienceSeasonal Changes3 pages

About this worksheet

Barnaby Bear has dropped his nature scrapbook, and Year 1 pupils sort his 16 muddled clues into a table for spring, summer, autumn and winter. The clues mix weather and day length, such as longest daylight and crunchy frost, with animals, plants and things people do, like picking blackberries and building a snowman. Page 2 asks which clue was hardest to place and for one new clue for each season. The answer page puts four clues in each column and lists the boundary items you can accept. The sheet matches the England National Curriculum for Year 1 science.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Seasonal changes

โ€œObserve changes across the 4 seasonsโ€

The whole sort on page 1. Blossom on trees, falling leaves and bare tree branches show the same trees changing through the year.

Seasonal changes

โ€œObserve and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length variesโ€

Longest daylight and shortest daylight cover day length. Crunchy frost and wearing sun cream are the weather clues.

What's inside this worksheet

Observing the Four Seasons

Pupils write each of the 16 clues from the word bank, such as newborn lambs, shiny conkers and tadpoles in ponds, into the Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter column.

Think Like a Scientist

Two written questions. Pupils name the trickiest clue to place and give a reason, then add one clue of their own to each season.

Answers

The completed table, notes on clues that cross two seasons, like butterflies and bees, and sample new clues such as hedgehogs hibernating and icicles.

How teachers use it

Outdoor walk

Take the sheet into the playground first and let pupils point to any clue they can see that day, such as falling leaves in October.

Hoop sort

Print the 16 clues as cards and sort them into four hoops on the carpet before pupils write anything in the table.

Talk partners

Use question 1 for paired talk. Picking blackberries and crunchy frost both start good arguments, and the answer key accepts either season with a reason.

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