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? _________________________________________________________________

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3.  Why do we have daylight savings time? ________________________________________________________________

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

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

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 6.  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 to help you understand how the seasons change:

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

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/seasons2.html&edu=mid

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.   

1. What does the word solstice mean? _____________________________________________ . 

2. What does the word equinox mean? ____________________________________________ .

Here are some other sites for your reading interests:

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