1. Fun with the Sun E.ES.11 Identify the sun as the most important source of heat! Amy McDonald Kimberly Frey

2. Engage 1) Go to the window 2) Have the children play hokey pokey in the sun 3) Ask them what they felt sun vs. shade

3. Explore Sun List observations from the sun. Shade List observations from the shade.

4. Explain Sun – Source of all energy. Heat - form of energy that warms objects. Energy – gives us the ability to do things.

5. List the ways that the sun’s energy can come to you! As a class write the children’s idea’s on the board : Example (i.e., food,wood, coal, oil, gas, light, plants, trees, heat, wind.)

6. Evaluate In groups, the students will share their sunbeam project with each other, and explain why they chose their sources.

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