Seasons: Reasons for the Seasons PowerPoint: This lesson on the reason for the seasons incorporates easy to understand interactive/ animations, easy to understand analogies, and questions which keep students engaged while learning about the real reasons for the seasons. This lesson contains 39 slides and should run a full class period or two to teach, and contains the following Slide Titles: All slides have pictures and or moving animations explaining the concept ♦ Earth & Sun Size and Distance (2 slides) ♦ Earth's Orbit (2 slides) ♦ Earth's Axis (3 slides) ♦ Earth Around the Sun (2 slides) ♦ Earth's Tilt and the Seasons (2 slides) ♦ Punching a basketball - Direct light analogy (2 slides) ♦ Light Intensity Animation (2 slides) ♦ Skipping stone and falling stone - Direct light analogy (3 slides) ♦ Direct and Indirect Light Animation (2 slides) ♦ Earth's Axis and the Seasons (6 slides) ♦ Why the sun is high, medium or low in the sky (4 slides) ♦ Why the Sun never rises or sets on the North/ South Pole (8 slides)

United States History: * 13 Colonies * American Heroes * American Revolution * American Symbols * Benjamin Franklin * Bill of Rights * Black History Month * Boston Tea Party * Branches of Government * Christopher Columbus * Civil Rights * Civil War * Cold War * Columbian Exchange * Constitution * Declaration of Independence * Dust Bowl * Economics * First Thanksgiving * French and Indian War * Gilded Age * Great Depression * Immigration * Industrial Revolution * Inventors * Jamestown * Lewis and Clark * Lost Colony of Roanoke * Louisiana Purchase * Loyalists or Patriots * Martin Luther King * Native Americans * Oregon Trail * Pilgrims * Progressive Era * Reconstruction * Spanish American War * Texas Revolution * Underground Railroad * War of 1812 * Westward Expansion * World War I * World War II World History: * Absolute Monarchs * European Explorers * Famous Explorers * French Revolution * Holocaust * Middle Ages * Renaissance * Crusades * Titanic * World War I * World War II Ancient History: * China * Egypt * Greece * India * Rome * Incas * Aztecs * Maya's * Mesopotamia * Vikings Geography: * Continents * Map Skills * Types of Maps * Oceans * Africa: Central and South * Africa: East * Africa: North * Africa West * Asia: East * Asia: South * Asia: Southeast * Asia: West * Central America * Europe: East * South America * States and Capitals: Midwest * States and Capitals: Northeast * States and Capitals: South and Southwest * States and Capitals: West * U.S. Regions: Midwest * U.S. Regions: Northeast * U.S. Regions: South and Southwest * U.S. Regions West

These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the state of Missouri. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. These cootie catchers contain the following vocabulary terms: State Insect - Honey Bee State Animal - Mule State Bird - Eastern Bluebird State Fish - Channel Catfish State Mineral - Galena State Instrument - Fiddle State Flower - White Hawthorn State Tree - Flowering Dogwood State Folk Dance - Square Dance State Nickname - Show Me State State Song - Missouri Waltz State Capital - Jefferson City Others: Mark Twain Harry S. Truman Gateway Arch Mississippi River

This word search on the midwest region of the United States is a great way for students to review the location of each state. The solution to the puzzle is included. Terms Included: ♦ Illinois ♦ Indiana ♦ Iowa ♦ Kansas ♦ Michigan ♦ Minnesota ♦ Missouri ♦ Nebraska ♦ North Dakota ♦ Ohio ♦ South Dakota ♦ Wisconsin

This word search on the northeast region of the United States is a great way for students to review the location of each state. The solution to the puzzle is included. Terms Included: ♦ Connecticut ♦ Delaware ♦ Maine ♦ Maryland ♦ Massachusetts ♦ New Hampshire ♦ New Jersey ♦ New York ♦ Pennsylvania ♦ Rhode Island ♦ Vermont