Seasons Around the World

##Objective:

• Educate Youth Members on how seasons differ between the northern and southern hemispheres.
• Highlight the concept of reversed seasons and its impact on daily life.

Materials Needed:

• Globe or world map.
• Lantern / Light Globe. A torch may be ok if it is large, but a lantern or other omni-directional light is better.
• Pictures representing different seasons.
• A calendar.
• Art supplies (paper, crayons, markers).

Instructions:

Seasonal Demonstration (10 minutes):

• Use the globe and a lantern to demonstrate how the tilt of the Earth’s axis causes seasons.
• Show how when it’s summer in Australia, it’s winter in the northern hemisphere, and vice versa.

Season Matching Game (15 minutes):

• Provide pictures of various seasonal activities or landscapes.
• Have Youth members match the pictures to the correct season in both hemispheres.

Creative Expression (20 minutes):

• Ask youth members to draw or craft a scene depicting what a Scout or Guide in another country might be experiencing seasonally during JOTA/JOTI.
• For example, if JOTA/JOTI occurs in October, Scouts or Guides in Canada might be in autumn, while those in Australia are in spring.

Show and Tell (10 minutes):

• Have each youth member present their artwork and explain the seasonal differences.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understanding of Earth’s tilt and its effect on seasons.
• Awareness of cultural and environmental differences due to seasons.
• Enhanced empathy and global thinking.