Year 1 · Science
Weather Seasons And Day Length
Year 1 learners practise how weather and day length change with the seasons.
The activities include Choose Clothes for Each Season, Compare All Four Seasons, Compare and Choose Seasonal Clothing, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, interactive. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Choose Clothes for Each Season
- Compare All Four Seasons
- Compare and Choose Seasonal Clothing
- Compare Seasons Using Simple Weather Data
- Compare the Seasons
- Compare the Seasons by Evaluating and Reading Data
- Find Similarities and Differences Between the Seasons
- Identify Clothing for Different Seasons
- Identify Seasonal Clothes and Outfits
- Match Clothes to the Season
- Observe and Understand How Day Length Changes
- Recognise How Daylight Changes Throughout the Year
- Recognise the Best Clothes for the Season
- Understand How Day Length Changes
- Understand How Day Length Varies Throughout the Year
- Understand How the Earth and Sun Affect Daylight Hours
- Understand Why Day Length Changes
- Use Data to Evaluate and Compare the Seasons
Checked learning resources
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Seasonal Changes | KS1 Science Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
Directly playable KS1 concept video explaining the four seasons and observable changes in weather, plants, animals and the world around us.
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Day length in winter
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
Year 1 Year 1 lesson observing shorter winter daylight and recording when it becomes dark.
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Science: Seasonal Changes (Spring and Summer): Daylight Hours Year 1 Lesson 3
Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required
Signed-in Year 1 lesson teaches how day length varies across the four seasons and uses tables to gather data, compare daylight hours and draw conclusions.
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Science: Seasonal Changes: Summer to Autumn Year 1 Lesson 1
Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required
Year 1 lesson presentation and activities for identifying the four seasons from changes in weather, plants, clothing and events.
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UK Weather Seasons Matching Worksheet
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
KS1 matching practice linking seasonal weather, clothing and visible changes to spring, summer, autumn and winter.
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Differentiated Seasonal Changes Around Us Worksheet
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Year 1 worksheet using trees, weather and clothing as clues to identify and compare the seasons.
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Seasonal Weather Investigation Worksheet
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Year 1 and Year 2 recording sheet for comparing weather observations and day length across all four seasons.
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Day length in winter worksheet and quizzes
Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website
Year 1 downloadable worksheet and starter and exit quiz practice. Year 1 lesson observing shorter winter daylight and recording when it becomes dark.