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Winter Solstice Virtual Field Trip Science and Solstice Holidays for Google

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My students struggle to work independently due to the nature of their disabilities. This resource allowed most if not all of them to work independently in some capacity and students found the information very interesting!
I was looking for something engaging to use about the Winter Solstice before winter break and this work perfectly.
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Description

Winter holidays are almost here so it is time to celebrate the Winter Solstice with this virtual field trip! Learn what creates Earth's rotation and seasons and the science and cultural holidays around the solstice! Perfect for science or social studies classes!

Take a Virtual Field Trip:

  • Watch a video to learn what the solstices are and how they are formed
  • Watch a video from around the world to learn about festivals and solstice celebrations around the globe
  • Try a 3D VR simulation of Earth's tilt and rotation to see why the solstice takes place and the daylight hours at different degree tilts
  • Experience Stonehenge in VR during the Winter Solstice
  • Read all about different Winter solstice celebrations from around the world

This is the digital version meant for use with Google Classroom and Google Apps. To find the printable PDF version (perfect for sharing devices in classes) please see my store at the link below:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teachwithbri

This product includes all of the following plus more:

  1. Free product code for teachers (a 2 Dollar Value from my store)
  2. Teacher instructions and differentiation ideas
  3. Student instructions
  4. Virtual Field Trip go page (links to field trip activities) lots of great links!
  5. Trip Overview Summary and prediction Page
  6. Video Notes Guiding Questions - What is a Solstice
  7. Video Notes Guiding Questions: Holidays around the Solstice
  8. Solstice celebration and country match-up task
  9. Website reading questions- Solstice celebrations around the world match task
  10. Celebration sort- classification activity
  11. Winter solstice science writing assignment
  12. Solstice celebration mini-report task
  13. Scientific diagram label activity for Earth's Orbit
  14. Postcard creation summarization task
  15. Compare and contrast exercise
  16. Summarization and description worksheet
  17. Summary of VR 360 findings snapshot page
  18. Overview of learning and summary of understanding page
  19. Student assessment/learning check
  20. Grading Rubric
  21. Answer Key
  22. Assessment Answers
  23. Connect with me pages to learn more and TeachWithBri
  24. Credits and learn more pages
  25. Terms of use and extra info

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