Summary
A full Nature Cat episode (two segments, ~24 min). The friends celebrate the season and then learn “The Groundhog Way” — how a groundhog sleeps through winter and wakes when the days grow longer. Free on the official PBS KIDS YouTube channel.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
A groundhog leads us into a lesson about winter, hibernation, and the changing seasons.
- What does a groundhog do during the cold winter?
- Why do you think the groundhog wakes up when days get longer?
- How do animals know the seasons are changing?
- What do you do differently in winter and in spring?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: groundhog, hibernate, winter, season, daylight.
Try it: Draw a groundhog asleep in winter and awake in spring. Label each picture.