Winter Solstice - December Learn & Explore Lesson
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About this lesson
Learn how various groups of people and animals spend this time of year -- investigate celebrations of light, winter activities, and innovations and adaptations to survive the cold.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Grade 3-5
As we approach the winter solstice, peoples in the northern hemisphere’s thoughts turn to light and making it through the rest of the winter. Join us at ROM for the Wintertime Wonders Learn & Explore Day and examine how various groups of people and animals spend this time of year.
During our interdisciplinary one-hour session, we will investigate celebrations of light, winter activities, and innovations and adaptations to survive in the cold.
After our group session, you will have time to explore ROM on your own. See how many cultural belongings, ancestors, artefacts and objects you can find that relate to light, winter and celebrating life. How many adaptations for surviving the winter can you identify?
Use the Learn & Explore Gallery Trail to help your students connect this lesson to their exploration of the galleries at ROM.
| Delivery Language | This lesson is only offered in English |
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| Format | Theatre Lesson |
| Pricing | $16/person |
| Minimum Group | 15 |
| Maximum Group | 35 |
Learning Goals
Understand that living things have adaptations that help them survive in winter conditions
Compare human celebrations and traditions that take place in the winter to celebrate light
Recognize that seasons are a worldwide reality because of our place in the solar system, but different places, species, and communities are affected differently.
Examine energy transfer through the aurora borealis
Gallery Trail
Help your students connect this lesson to their exploration of the galleries at ROM.
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Curriculum Connections
Science
- STEM Investigation and Communication Skills – Applications, Connections, and Contributions
- Life Systems – Growth and Changes in Plants
Social Studies
- Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada, 1780–1850
Science
- STEM Investigation and Communication Skills – Applications, Connections, and Contributions
- Life Systems - Habitats and Communities
- Matter and Energy - Light and Sound
Social Studies
- Heritage and Identity: Early Societies to 1500 CE
Science
- STEM Investigation and Communication Skills – Applications, Connections, and Contributions
- Earth & Space Systems – Conservation of Energy and Resources
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