1. The closest star to the Earth
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.
NASA (Photographer) (2004). Sun [Print].

3. The Sun Earth The Sun is big.
NASA (Photographer) (2004). Sun and Earth [Print].
The Sun
The Sun is big.

4. The Sun The Sun is bright.
Microsoft. (Designer). (2010). Sun in sky [Web Graphic]. Retrieved from
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.
Microsoft. (Designer). (2010). Beach scene [Web Graphic]. Retrieved from

6. The Sun provides the Earth with the light and heat we need to survive.
Venegas, A. (Photographer) (2012). Deer in old growth forest[Print].
The Sun provides the Earth with the light and heat we need to survive.

7. The sun The Sun provides the light and heat that plants need to grow.
We need plants for food and for oxygen to breathe.
Venegas, A. (Photographer) (2012). Plants [Print].

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 helps plants grow.
The Sun’s heat and light allow us to live on Earth.
This slide is for more information. The information may be advanced for Kindergarten students; however, it would add the depth that some advanced students might need. Microsoft. (Designer). (2010). Seasons [Web Graphic]. Retrieved from

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. Then, hold the paper with the hole about a meter from a black piece of paper. You will see an image of the Sun.
Warning! Before a description is given of how to make solar observations, there must be a strong warning! Observing the Sun can be dangerous. NEVER look at the Sun directly through a telescope – you could be blinded. This slide is to show students that the Sun can be observed. The teacher is NOT expected to make this viewing device.
There is a safe, indirect viewing technique to observe an image of the Sun – a pinhole projector where a pinhole or small opening is used to form an image of the Sun on a screen placed about a meter behind the opening.

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: - sunspots - solar flares - solar prominences
The features are described because the TEKS/SE asks students to “describe the Sun.” solar flare:  a sudden eruption of hydrogen gas in the chromosphere of the Sun, usually associated with sunspots sunspots: any of the dark spots that appear at times on the Sun's surface; usually visible only through a telescope
solar prominence: large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere

14. Microsoft. (Designer). (2010). Sunset [Web Graphic]
Microsoft. (Designer). (2010). Sunset [Web Graphic]. Retrieved from
At night, we can see many stars, but during the day, we see our “daytime” star- the Sun.