Science of the Sun Elementary Unit Plan

The cover of the unit plan showing an artist's depiction of the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite in space with the Sun on the left, represented by an orange glow.
Levels
  • beginner
NGSS
  • ps2
  • ess1
Requirements
  • low_tech
  • low_cost
CreditSDO/NASA
Language
  • english

This unit of lesson plans focuses on the Sun as the center of the solar system and as the source for all energy on Earth. Students act out the motions of Earth as it orbits around the Sun over the course of one year, starting with modeling one day, then one year, and finally the months.