The Sun is a Star

1. The Sun is a Star The closest star to the Earth

2. The Sun • The Sun is a star. • It is the star that is closest to the Earth.

3. Earth The Sun The Sun is big.

4. The Sun • The Sun is bright.

5. The Sun • The Sun warms us up. • It is the only star that is near enough to the Earth so we can feel its heat.

6. The Sun • The Sun provides the Earth with the light and heat we need to survive.

7. The Sun provides the light and heat that plants need to grow. • We need plants for food and for oxygen to breathe.

8. The Sun • Our Sun is the closest star to Earth. • It is the center of our Solar System. • All the planets and other objects orbit around the Sun. Earth

9. The Sun • The Sun defines when we have our seasons. • The Sun helps plants grow. • The Sun’s heat and light allow us to live on Earth.

10. The Sun • The Sun can be: • Described • Observed • Illustrated The Sun…

11. The Sun- Observing the Sun • NEVER look directly at the Sun. It can damage your eyes. • You can view the sun by making a small hole in a piece of paper. The hold the paper with the hole about a meter from a black piece of paper. You will see an image of the sun.

12. The Sun- Describing the Sun • The Sun is a medium-sized star. • The Sun is a sphere. • The Sun is very HOT- like a giant oven. • The Sun provides light and heat for the Earth. • The Sun has features on it (more on this later).

13. The Sun- Illustrating the Sun • Most of the time when students draw a Sun it looks like this: • The sun really looks like this:The Sun has features, such as:sun spotssolar flaressolar prominences

14. At night we can see many stars, but during the day we see our “daytime” star- the Sun.