T H E C LO S E S T S TA R T O T H E E A RT H

THE SUN IS A STAR

THE SUN

• The Sun is a star.

• It is the star that is closest to the Earth.

THE SUN IS BIG.

THE SUN

Earth

THE SUN

• The Sun is bright.

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.

THE SUN

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

• The Sun provides the light and heat that plants need to grow.

• We need plants for food and for oxygen to breathe.

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

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.

THE SUN

• The Sun can be:

• Described

• Observed

• Illustrated

The Sun…

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.

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).

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

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