Day: Friday Date: 12/1

Subject: Geography

Common Core Standard(s):

 Key Ideas and Details: 3. Describe the connection between a series of historical
events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

NH Curriculum Framework:
 SS:GE: 2:3.1: Investigate how the Earth-Sun relationship affects our daily lives.

Objective(s):
 At the end of this lesson my students will be able to describe what they are
reading in order to complete the worksheets.
 At the end of this lesson my students will be able to investigate how the Earth-Sun
relationship affects our daily lives.

Resources/Materials List:
 Print out 20 copies of the daylight savings reading (there is a copy at the end of
this lesson)
 Print 20 copies of what food grows (there is a copy at the end of this lesson)
 Print 20 copies of the worksheet: what’s the sun like during this season and what
grows during this season (there is a copy at the end of this lesson)
 Pencils
 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZDHiBdW7EA
 Seasons worksheet answer key printed out (there is a copy at the end of this
lesson)

Procedure:
Preparation: this is done before the school day and will take place during the
social studies section of the day.
 Print out each document listed above and have the video loaded and ready to play.
 Familiarize yourself with the answer key so you can answer questions students
may have.
 Watch the video ahead of time, read the daylight savings time, and read what food
grows ahead of time.

Questions before activity (guiding questions):

 Who know what the makes it light outside (the sun).
 Who knows what makes it dark outside (lack of sun).
 What else does the sun provide other than sunlight? (plants and vegetables)
 Does the time the sunrise change? (yes)
 Does the time the sunset change? (yes)
 Does anybody know why it changes?
 If someone knows ask them why (tell them, we will find out by watching the
following video)

The activity
 Play the video linked up that should already be preloaded.
 Ask if anyone has questions about the video.
 STUDENT TEACHER LESSON PLAN FORMAT

What is the sun like during this season?

What is the sun like during the summer?

What is the sun like during the fall?

What is the sun like during the winter?

What is the sun like during the spring?

 What is the sun like during this season?

What foods grow in the summer?

What foods grow in the fall?

What foods grow in the winter?

What foods grow in the spring?

 What is the sun like during this season?

What is the sun like during the summer?

Sunlight all day, the sun does not fall below the horizon.

What is the sun like during the fall?

About equal sunlight and darkness.

What is the sun like during the winter?

Limited sunlight, zero sunlight in Barrow.

What is the sun like during the spring?

About equal sunlight and darkness.

 What is the sun like during this season?

What foods grow in the summer?

Broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers, greens, green onions, lettuce, peas,

radishes, salmon berries, spinach, strawberries, summer squash,
tomatoes, zucchini

What foods grow in the fall?

Apples, beans, beets, blueberries, Brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots,

celery, currants, gooseberries, lingonberries, onions, potatoes,
raspberries, rhubarb, rutabagas, turnips, winter squash

What foods grow in the winter?

None based on reading list.

What foods grow in the spring?

None based on reading list.
What's in Season and When
 Apples, late August, and early September
 Beans, late July through early September
 Beets, August, and September (available cold storage from local sources into
spring)
 Blueberries, late July into early September
 Broccoli, June through September (available cold storage from local sources into
winter)
 Brussels Sprouts, late August through September (available cold storage from
local sources into winter)
 Cabbage, late July through September (available cold storage from local sources
into December)
 Carrots, August, and September (available cold storage from local sources into
April)
 Cauliflower, July into September (available cold storage from local sources into
winter)
 Celeriac/Celery Root, August, and September
 Celery, August, and September
 Cucumbers, June through September
 Currants, late July through early September
 Gooseberries, late August through early September
 Greens, late June through early September
 Green Onions/Scallions, late June through September
 Lettuce, late June through September
 Lingonberries, August into early September
 Onions, August, and September (available cold storage from local sources year-
round)
 Peas, late July through early September
 Potatoes, late July through September (available cold storage from local sources
year-round)
 Radishes, July through September
 Raspberries, late July into early August
 Rhubarb, August through October
 Rutabagas, August, and early September (available cold storage from local sources
into winter)
 Salmonberries, July and August
 Spinach, June into September
  Strawberries, July into September
 Summer Squash, July into early September
 Tomatoes, June through early September
 Turnips, August, and September (available cold storage from local sources into
spring)
 Winter Squash, September, and October (available cold storage from local sources
through winter
 Zucchini, July into early September

Source:

Watson, M. (2019, October 1). See what’s in season in Alaska. The Spruce Eats.
https://www.thespruceeats.com/alaskan-seasonal-fruits-and-vegetables-2217158