Books
Sun By Michael Carlowizc and Steele Hill
Sun. By Michael Carlowizc and Steele Hill. (2006). Harry N. Abrams Publishing Company. 240p. (978-0810955226) Gr.11-12.
This book does a great job of explaining the sun's importance in the world, by telling how everything revolves around it. There are great descriptions and dramatic photographs that really make this book stand out. Although it is long, it would be great to take a few pages to show your class because of the great graphics.
Sun. By Michael Carlowizc and Steele Hill. (2006). Harry N. Abrams Publishing Company. 240p. (978-0810955226) Gr.11-12.
This book does a great job of explaining the sun's importance in the world, by telling how everything revolves around it. There are great descriptions and dramatic photographs that really make this book stand out. Although it is long, it would be great to take a few pages to show your class because of the great graphics.
The Sun By Melanie Chrismer
The Sun. By Melanie Chrismer.(2008). Children's Press Publishing Company. 24p. (978-0531147689). Gr.1-3.
This book includes a vocabulary word hunt with pronunciations, labeled time lines and diagrams and beautiful pictures.
The Sun. By Melanie Chrismer.(2008). Children's Press Publishing Company. 24p. (978-0531147689). Gr.1-3.
This book includes a vocabulary word hunt with pronunciations, labeled time lines and diagrams and beautiful pictures.
The Sun Is My Favorite Star By Frank Asch
The Sun Is My Favorite Star. By Frank Asch. (2008). Sandpiper Publishing Edition. 32p. (978-0152063979) Gr. K-2.
This book has a very kid-friendly and creative view of the sun, as it tells a story about it playing "hide-and-seek with the clouds" and "waking up" in the morning. It is a very cute portrayal of the scientific facts.
The Sun Is My Favorite Star. By Frank Asch. (2008). Sandpiper Publishing Edition. 32p. (978-0152063979) Gr. K-2.
This book has a very kid-friendly and creative view of the sun, as it tells a story about it playing "hide-and-seek with the clouds" and "waking up" in the morning. It is a very cute portrayal of the scientific facts.
Websites
Sun
This website has many videos, puzzles and games about the Sun. There are great pictures that children can click on and diagrams to learn and label the different parts of the Sun and the Solar System.
Solar Energy
This website has numerous videos that show how the sun is used for solar energy. The movies are short with great visuals, and are very informative for children.
Kids Astronomy: Our Sun
This website offers fun facts about the sun, as well as great pictures and videos explaining the sun and solar eclipses. There are also links to learn about the planets and their relation to the sun.
This website has many videos, puzzles and games about the Sun. There are great pictures that children can click on and diagrams to learn and label the different parts of the Sun and the Solar System.
Solar Energy
This website has numerous videos that show how the sun is used for solar energy. The movies are short with great visuals, and are very informative for children.
Kids Astronomy: Our Sun
This website offers fun facts about the sun, as well as great pictures and videos explaining the sun and solar eclipses. There are also links to learn about the planets and their relation to the sun.
Lesson Plans & Activities
Eye on the Sky: The Sun Introduction Lesson Plan
This lesson plan introduces the sun to children and allows them to use an interactive journal.
The Warmth of the Sun Lesson Plan
The lesson teaches students about the importance of the Sun and how it helps warm the planet.
Cooler in the shadows Lesson Plan
This lesson teaches students how the amount of sunlight and heat changes in areas that are shaded.
This lesson plan introduces the sun to children and allows them to use an interactive journal.
The Warmth of the Sun Lesson Plan
The lesson teaches students about the importance of the Sun and how it helps warm the planet.
Cooler in the shadows Lesson Plan
This lesson teaches students how the amount of sunlight and heat changes in areas that are shaded.
Assessments
Layers of the sun Worksheet
This worksheet is great to see if the students understand the different layers of the sun after learning about it.
Sun coloring page printable
This worksheet could be a great assessment if the teacher white outs some of the words on the sentences at the bottom, to see if the student recalls the answers after learning about the Sun. For example, in the first sentence "The Sun is a big star in the middle of our solar system." The teacher could put blanks in and see if the student knows the information to fill in the correct answers..."The Sun is a big ____ in the middle of our ____ system."
Reading thermometers Worksheet
This is a great worksheet to give to students after they have learned about the Sun and how it affects temperature. If offers an assessment of whether the students understand the differences between temperatures and how to read thermometers.
This worksheet is great to see if the students understand the different layers of the sun after learning about it.
Sun coloring page printable
This worksheet could be a great assessment if the teacher white outs some of the words on the sentences at the bottom, to see if the student recalls the answers after learning about the Sun. For example, in the first sentence "The Sun is a big star in the middle of our solar system." The teacher could put blanks in and see if the student knows the information to fill in the correct answers..."The Sun is a big ____ in the middle of our ____ system."
Reading thermometers Worksheet
This is a great worksheet to give to students after they have learned about the Sun and how it affects temperature. If offers an assessment of whether the students understand the differences between temperatures and how to read thermometers.