Four seasons

Hello, everyone! 👋

Welcome to our fun English WebQuest about Seasons! 🌸☀️🍂❄️

Every year, our world changes in amazing ways. Sometimes it’s warm and sunny, other times it’s cold and snowy. Flowers bloom, leaves fall, people wear different clothes, and we find fun new things to do! These changes are all because of the four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter.

Have you ever wondered why we have these seasons? Do you know what makes spring so colorful, or why we build snowmen in winter? Today, you will become a “season explorer”! As we explore each season, you’ll discover the special things people do, see, and feel throughout the year. There will be many exciting ways to experience the magic of the seasons together!

 

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to : 

-Understand words about seasons.

-Recognize the characteristics of the four seasons.

-Know the appearance of seasonal animals and plants.

-Understand the seasonal appearance of various countries.

 

Seasons means : you can check the meaning of the season here.

 https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/season

Are you ready to learn about seasons?

[ Lesson 1 ]

 

-Objective

1)Students are able to identify and say weather-related words for each season.

2)Students are able to know the characteristics of each season.

3)Students are able to talk about their favorite seasons using key vocabulary.

 

-Activity

1)Listening to a season-themed song

2)Read comments that describe the characteristics of each season

3)Talking about each student's favorite season

 

[ Lesson 2 ]

 

-Objective

1)Students are able to draw pictures that show the characteristics of each season and seasonal plants and animals

2)Students are able to draw and learn about seasonal animals and plants.

3)Students are able to explore the winter hibernation and summer sleep of animals.

 

-Activity

1)Reviewing the characteristics of the seasons

2)Drawing and learning about seasonal plants and animals

3)Learning about winter hibernation and simmer sleep in animals

 

[ Lesson 3 ]

 

-Objective

1) Students are able to identify key information about the cause of seasons from English articles. 

2) Students are able to understand and compare seasonal differences between countries in different hemispheres.

3) Students are able to express their understanding by posting on Padlet based on their research.

 

-Activity

1) Reading an English article about seasons

2) Understanding the Cause of the Seasons Deeply

3) Exploring the seasons on the other side of the world

 

[ Lesson 4 ]

 

-Objective



1) Students can see that different anniversaries appear in different seasons.

2) Students can find out what festivals and anniversaries are in spring and summer.

3) Students can find out what festivals and anniversaries are in fall and winter.

 

-Activities

 

1) Find out the seasonal anniversaries of the world

2) Season of the festival, spring and summer

3) Season of the festival, fall and winter

[ Lesson 1 ] 



[Activity 1] Listening to a season-themed song

 

1) Figure out what each season looks like through season-themed song video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZjpI6fgYSY

-What can we see for each season? It is a song that contains the characteristics of each season. Let’s find out the characteristics of spring, summer, autumn, and winter while listening to the song.

-Let's listen to the song one more time while looking at the lyrics. Write down the characteristics of the season revealed in the song while looking at the lyrics.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13QqyXxrKP9VsW4ZmLwnqHPcWID8wSZgnnijnj2wrhNw/edit?usp=sharing

 

2) Turning the season card upside down

https://wordwall.net/resource/15329830/english/seasons - (Season pairs cards game)

-There are matching seasonal picture cards and seasonal word cards. Flip them over one by one and match the words and picture cards!

-Let’s think of each season well and connect it with words.

 

[Activity 2] Read comments that describe the characteristics of each season

 

1) Find out the meaning of the seasonal words

-There is an article that tells us the characteristics, timing, and appearance of the season. Let’s read an article that tells us the basics of the season.

https://www.scribd.com/document/521492548/8-Four-Seasons

You can use a dictionary when there are words you don’t know.

dictionary : https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ko/

 

2) Practice the pronunciation of seasonal words

- Let’s pronounce the words that we have figured out the meaning through the dictionary. Search the words and listen to the pronunciation.

-Try to learn the seasonal word by recording and listening to the pronounced word.

https://www.howtopronounce.com/spring

 

 

[Activity 3] Talking about each student's favorite season

 

1) Talking with Favorite season chatbot to practice

-It’s a preparation process to tell a story about your favorite season and why. Learn how to express your favorite season by talking to chatbot.

-You can use expressions about the seasons you learned in class. Let’s talk about various seasons freely with chatbots.

https://mizou.com/login-thread?ID=6IiKIxpJwRLl138Tye_da5RCxbxlKUfvW_zwKAqgBGc-76407

2) Talk with your partner about favorite season

-Let’s ask and answer your favorite season with your partner based on what you practiced with your chatbot.

 

[ Lesson 2 ] 

 

[ Activity 1 ] Reviewing the characteristics of the seasons

1) ‘Match the pictures and seasons’ Game

-Do you remember the season words and their features from last time? Let’s review them with a season pictures matching game!

-Let's go to the website and play a game where when a picture related to a season appears, you have to choose the related season among spring, summer, fall, and winter.

https://wordwall.net/resource/5862791/inglese/four-seasons-quiz - (Seasonal Quiz)

-Did everyone review the seasons and their characteristics? Now let's draw a picture of the seasons.

 

[ Activity 2 ] Drawing and learning about seasonal plants and animals

1)Think about plant and animal elements related to the seasons

-Now that we've reviewed the seasons, let's think about what season we're going to draw and think about elements associated with that season plant and animal.



https://tinyurl.com/KNUESeasons <Seasonal Image Element Brainstorming Link>. Students use this program to freely draw elements that can be included in a picture.)

Seasonal Effects on Plants and Animals (You can learn about plants and animals related to the seasons by watching videos and obtain elements to draw in your drawings.)

2)Draw seasonal plant and animal elements and write a description of the drawing

-Now that you've learned the plant and animal elements to draw in relation to the seasons, let's try drawing them on an online platform.

-If you drew a picture, write a description of what you drew. Write about what kind of animal or plant you drew and what the characteristics are for each season.

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGnH9gvNac/DokNaEvb063OAV5eZl6WTw/edit?utm_content=DAGnH9gvNac&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton <Example work by students> (Students draw pictures in this program)

3)Write a short sentence introducing your own season

-Please write a description of the picture you drew below the picture. Describe the picture along with descriptions of the seasons, flora and fauna, etc.

 

[ Activity 3 ] Learning about winter hibernation and simmer sleep in animals

-Now that you have learned about plants and animals related to the seasons and have drawn them yourself, let's move up a level and learn about hibernation in winter.

1)Watch a video about animal hibernation

Seasonal Science: Hibernation | PBS LearningMedia (Videos related to hibernation)

 

2)Learn articles related to hibernation

-After watching the video about hibernation, let's learn about hibernation through the article to find out how animals survive the cold in winter.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-science-of-hibernation.htm (Articles related to hibernation)

-Now, let's learn about 'summer sleep', which is the period in which some animals, such as salamanders and crocodiles, sleep for a period of time during the summer to avoid the summer heat or dry season!

3) Summarizing what you've learned

-We learned about plants and animals related to the seasons, and even about hibernation in winter and summer sleep. Let's wrap up the lesson by summarizing what we learned today.

 

[ Lesson 3 ]

[ Activity 1 ] : Reading an English article about seasonal changes

- Let’s read an English article about seasonal changes together.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdd9r2p#zch8xg8 << click

- The key is to figure out why the seasons happen.

 

[ Activity 2 ] : Understanding the Cause of the Seasons Deeply

 - Now, do you have a rough idea of why the seasons happen? This time, let’s go to the relevant website and get a visual understanding through videos or photos.

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/psu10phy.sci.seasons/seasons/ << click

→ This video is a visual image of the Earth orbiting, the reason why the seasons occur. What else can we know from the video?

Let’s think about it.

 

https://www.livescience.com/25202-seasos.htm << click

→ Or you can use this site to get additional information about the changing cause of the seasons. 

→ You have to concentrate on “what causes the seasons”. But this part requires a little more in-depth knowledge.

 

[ Activity 3 ] : Exploring the seasons on the other side of the world

- You will explore how and why countries in the Southern Hemisphere experience seasons opposite to those in the Northern Hemisphere. 

- Then, you’ll choose one country, and look into the seasons of the country on the other side based on the country. 

 

1) Choose one country and one of the following countries

ex) Korea / Australia or Korea / Brazil

2) Visit this site to check out the season difference with the country on the other side of the world.

ex)

(Korea)

(Australia)

https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/seasons.html (Shows current season by hemisphere)

 

3) Organize your research on Padlet

- Please organize the country you selected and the season and the season of the country on the other side of it and post it on Padlet. Attaching a picture together will help others understand.

https://padlet.com/lms20040722_/organize-your-research-kw30wtr0tmd1a035 << click

ex)

- As in this example, it is even better to describe not only the season of the country, but also several characteristics together.

 

[ Lesson 4 ] 

[Activity 1] Find out the seasonal anniversaries of the world

 1) A glimpse of the anniversary

- Seasons and anniversaries are very closely related. The scenery, food to eat, and clothes that you see in a particular season are all contained in each holiday.

- Review the anniversaries organized by month and identify the types of anniversaries. It is possible to learn by varying the difficulty level for each level, and you can grasp the meaning by clicking on a difficult word.



https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/holidays-and-festivals-at-a-glance/609354

 

 

[Activity 2] Warm and hot! The festival of spring and summer

1) Things that begin after all the snow melts, the festival of spring

 - See the anniversary of spring at a glance



Find out how people mark the end of winter all over the world. The snow is melting, flowers are blooming, and the days are getting warmer. It must be spring! Take a look at some of the big celebrations that happen during this season.



https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/celebrations/article/spring-celebrations

> A Closer Look at the Spring Festivals



- Day of the Earth (April 22)

https://www.timeforkids.com/k1/every-action-counts-k1/

- Easter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Z6cCy7V70&pp=ygUKI2Vhc3Rlcmtpcw%3D%3D

2) How to spend a hot summer, a summer festival

Let's compare La Tomatina in Spain and Boryong Mud Festival in Korea by visiting these websites. What are the similarities, and what are the differences? What kind of festivals do you want to enjoy during the hot summer months?

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/5-reasons-why/article/5-reasons-festivals-are-fantastic 

[Activity 3]  At the end of the season, the festival of fall and winter

 

1) Days of Remembrance, Festival of Autumn

Let's take a look at Mexico's The Day of the Dead and the U.S. Thanksgiving Day, and see how countries remember and express their gratitude for the dead. And, let's think of more heart-warming festivals to remember someone.

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/thanksgiving-traditionshttps://kids.nationalgeographic.com/celebrations/article/day-of-the-dead



2) The season of the festival, Winter

 - A glimpse of winter's anniversary

Let's take a look at the special anniversary of winter in the world through the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C76giroqrKo



- A Closer Look at the Winter Festivals

Let's find out about winter holidays in certain countries, such as Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa.

https://www.timeforkids.com/k1/happy-holidays/

Let's find out about the anniversary of the new year.

https://www.timeforkids.com/k1/new-years-traditions/

+ Further exploration:



https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/

You can look at the Christmas landscape by clicking on the green-colored country.

 

Criteria	Excellent (90~100%)	Good (75~89%)	Satisfactory (60~74%)	Needs Improvement (Below 60%)
Understanding of Seasons	Excellent (90~100%): Demonstrates deep understanding of seasonal differences and detailed characteristics of each season.	Good (75–89%): Shows clear understanding of seasonal differences and their basic causes; describes seasonal features fairly well.	Satisfactory (60~74%): Understands that seasons change, but explanations are simple or somewhat vague; some confusion about reasons or characteristics.	Needs Improvement (Below 60%): Misunderstands or shows little understanding of seasonal change and its causes.
Language Use (Vocabulary & Sentences)	Excellent (90~100%): Uses a wide range of seasonal vocabulary and consistently forms clear, natural sentences.	Good (75–89%): Uses appropriate seasonal words and mostly accurate sentence structures.	Satisfactory (60–74%): Uses basic vocabulary and simple sentences; sometimes unclear or awkward.	Needs Improvement (Below 60%): Uses very limited vocabulary; sentences are frequently hard to understand.
Creative Expression	Excellent (90–100%): Demonstrates strong originality in both drawings and writing; ideas are imaginative and detailed.	Good (75–89%): Shows creativity and some unique elements in expression.	Satisfactory (60–74%): Shows limited creativity; ideas are simple or follow common patterns.	Needs Improvement (Below 60%): Shows minimal effort or originality; work appears rushed or copied.
Task Completion & Participation	Excellent (90~100%): Completed all tasks (drawing, writing, speaking, etc.) with full engagement and enthusiasm.	Good (75–89%): Completed most tasks well and participated actively throughout.	Satisfactory (60–74%): Completed some tasks, but engagement was low or inconsistent.	Needs Improvement (Below 60%): Left several tasks incomplete or showed minimal participation.
Collaboration & Sharing	Excellent (90~100%): Worked very well with others; shared ideas clearly and listened respectfully.	Good (75–89%): Shared ideas and interacted with peers appropriately; showed willingness to collaborate.	Satisfactory (60–74%): Participated in group work but shared ideas only occasionally or passively.	Needs Improvement (Below 60%): Rarely collaborated or contributed in group settings.

 

Great job, Season Explorers! 🌏🧭

Now, you know that our year is divided into four special seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter.

Each season has its own unique weather, characteristics, plants and animals:

• In spring, flowers bloom and the world turns green and colorful.

• In summer, the sun shines bright, days are hot, and we can play outside a lot.

• In fall, leaves change colors, the air gets cooler, and we harvest fruits.

• In winter, it gets cold, snow may fall, and we wear warm clothes.

You’ve learned new words about seasons, noticed how nature and people change in each one, and learned about the seasonal appearance of various countries.

 

Remember, every season is special and makes our world interesting and beautiful.

 

Keep watching and enjoying the wonderful changes throughout the year!

Are you ready to explore the seasons even more in real life? The adventure never ends!

Dear teachers,

This WebQuest was developed for English classes in Korean elementary schools and aims to create fun, engaging, and meaningful lessons about the seasons.

Production Intention This WebQuest is designed to help children naturally acquire English vocabulary and expressions through the familiar and relatable topic of the seasons. The lesson begins by exploring each student's favorite season, encouraging personal connections to the topic. Students listen to seasonal songs, match seasonal vocabulary, and engage with interactive activities to build foundational knowledge.

Through this four-lesson sequence, students progress from basic seasonal vocabulary to deeper understanding of seasonal phenomena and cultural celebrations. They explore seasonal characteristics through songs and games, learn about plants and animals in different seasons, investigate the scientific causes of seasonal changes, and discover how seasons are celebrated around the world through festivals and holidays.

The activities provide a well-balanced mix of reading, writing, listening, and speaking practice. Students engage with multimedia content including videos, articles, and interactive games, while also creating their own seasonal drawings and participating in cross-cultural comparisons between Northern and Southern Hemisphere seasons.

Recommended Grade Level This WebQuest is suitable for 3rd and 4th grade elementary students.

• In Grades 1–2, students experience seasonal changes in integrated subject areas.

• From Grade 3, they begin to explore the causes of seasonal changes through science.

This WebQuest aligns well with both the 2022 Revised Curriculum and English achievement standards, including:

• Understanding familiar words or phrases by listening

• Listening to and imitating familiar language

• Reading simple words or phrases using visual aids

• Expressing feelings or opinions in short written sentences

Lesson Overview

• Lesson 1: Introduction to seasons through songs, vocabulary matching games, and favorite season discussions

• Lesson 2: Seasonal plants and animals, drawing activities, and learning about hibernation and summer sleep

• Lesson 3: Understanding the scientific causes of seasons and exploring opposite seasons in different hemispheres

• Lesson 4: Discovering seasonal festivals and celebrations around the world

Precautions for Guidance

1. Encourage students to give positive feedback on each other's seasonal drawings and cultural research presentations.

2. In comparing seasons across countries, guide students to show respect for diverse cultures and climates.

3. When discussing animal hibernation and seasonal adaptations, help students make connections to their local environment.

4. Remember, there are no fixed answers in creative tasks. Value each student's individuality and ensure freedom in expression.

Teacher Tips & Additional Activities

1. After Lesson 2, create a classroom display of students' seasonal drawings with their written descriptions.

2. Use the Padlet research from Lesson 3 as a starting point for further geography discussions about different countries.

3. Extend Lesson 4 by having students research and present about seasonal festivals from their own culture or family traditions.

4. Consider creating a seasonal classroom calendar incorporating the festivals and celebrations learned about in the lessons.

By sasim