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Seasons
In most places there are
four seasons in a year. Each season has its own kind of weather.
Trees and other plants are different in each season.
In spring, there are blossoms on some trees and many flowers grow. Plants that grow from bulbs often flower in spring. Daffodils and tulips grow from bulbs and flower in spring. The weather is warmer, but changes a lot.
Birds make nests and lay eggs, and many animals have babies in
the spring.
The next season
is summer. The weather 
gets hotter, and people find ways of keeping cool.
Many kinds of
fruit are ready to pick in summer, soft fruits like peaches and
berries. Baby birds and animals grow bigger. They must be big
and strong by the time the weather gets cold.
Summer turns into autumn. In some places they call this season 'fall'. The leaves of some trees turn red, yellow or brown. Then they fall off the trees.
The fruit of some trees is ready to be picked, and on farms crops are ready to harvest. The weather slowly gets cooler.
After autumn comes winter. The weather is colder. In some places it is very cold and dark and the ground is covered in snow. People ski and play in the snow.
The plants rest now. Some animals sleep through the winter. Some birds fly away to places where it is warm.
The seasons happen at different times in each country. In Australia, summer time is December, January and February. In many places, like England and America, those months are winter. They have summer in June, July and August when it is winter in Australia.
To read about what causes the seasons go to http://www.scienceu.com/observatory/articles/seasons/seasons.html
To read about seasons and weather in Australia go to http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/weather/
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Seasons
(2007). [Online], Available: www.kidcyber.com.au
Other plant pages on kidcyber
Plants
and Us/ More about Plants/ Plants We Eat/ Seeds
and Bulbs/ potatoes/ tea /
Australian Grasslands/ History
of fruits and vegetables/ kidcyberQuests 1
& 2 / Activity pages 1
& 2
updated November 2007