Go to Grolier- New Book of Knowledge and Daylight Saving Time Begins and go to that article
Also use the web site below to find answers to the next group of questions. 

 http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html

1.  What does daylight savings time do? __________________________________________________________________

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2.  When does daylight savings time start? _________________________________________________________________.

3.  Why do we have daylight savings time? ________________________________________________________________

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4.  Who had the idea for daylight savings time?  ____________________________________________________________ .

5.  Why did he think it was a good idea? __________________________________________________________________

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6.  In the United States, daylight saving time is not observed in _________________________________________________.

7.  What is the controversy about daylight savings time? ______________________________________________________

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8.  What interesting fact do you learn about daylight savings time? ________________________________________________

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Go to Grolier- New Book of Knowledge, type Seasons in the search box and choose the first article in the list, Seasons.

Here are some other sites for your reading interest: 

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/seasons1.html&edu=mid

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/wbkids/k_equinox.html

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/climate_seasons.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/07/season.html

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/seasons.html

1. Earth’s _______________________________________ is the path Earth takes around the sun.

 

2. Earth’s _______________________________________ is the way Earth spins on its axis.

3. The seasons are caused by the tilt of Earth’s __________________________, and Earth’s__________________ around the sun. 

4. When Earth’s Northern Hemisphere points toward the sun, ________________________ occurs in the Northern Hemisphere and

 __________________________ occurs in the Southern Hemisphere.

5.  Near the ____________________________ places get about the same amount of sunlight and have the same temperature all year long.

6. How many hours of daylight occur on the first day of spring? __________________________ .

7. What is the day with the most hours of daylight called? _______________________________ .

8. Which season begins on the vernal equinox? _______________________________________ .

In the Seasons article, click on the purple FEATURE button. 

9. What does the word solstice mean? _____________________________________________ .

10. What does the word equinox mean? ____________________________________________ .