The Sun's Heat

Grade Level: Kinder

Subject: Science

Time Frame: 2 weeks (quarter 1)

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Essential Questions

 

- What are the characteristics of the sun?
- What does the sun do for the earth?
- Does the sun warm different surfaces the same?
- Does the sun warm water or sand more?
- What is shade?
- How can we reduce the warming effect of the sun?
- How does the sun give us daytime?

 

 

By the end of the unit, students will know:

 

- the sun is a star
- the sun is very hot
- the sun warms earth's surfaces different amounts
- shade is an area where the sun is blocked
- it is cooler in the shade than in the sun
- Earth spins which gives us night and day

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By the end of the unit, students will be able to:

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- Identify 3 characteristics of the sun
- identify that the sun gives us heat and light
- identify which surfaces warm more than others
- identify and describe shade
- build a structure that provides shade
- describe why we have day and night 

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Topics

- the sun
- the sun gives us heat
- what melts in the sun?
- the sun's heat on sidewalks
- the sun's heat at the beach
- shade
- the sun gives us daytime

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Standards

K-PS3-1, K-PS3-2, K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3