1. The sun does not burn. Burning is a chemical process
The sun does not burn. Burning is a chemical process. The sun has a nuclear process that creates energy. Nuclear Fusion is the process of two atoms being fused or joined into a new atom. In the sun, hydrogen is fused into helium and this releases a tremendous amount of energy. Nuclear fission is what happened in the first atomic bomb. Fission is the splitting of a large atom like uranium or plutonium. This also releases lots of energy, but not as much as fusion. This picture is nice because it shows the basic parts of the sun. There are different layers. The corona is above the surface of the sun. This is a nice simple diagram.

2. This diagram has three interesting scales
This diagram has three interesting scales. The size or radius splits the sun into tenths so each tenth is about 4,500 miles thick. The temperature scale basically shows that the sun gets hotter closer to the core. The density scale is very interesting, but we will talk about that on another day.

3. This picture just shows lots of things that come from the sun
This picture just shows lots of things that come from the sun. The temperatures on this diagram are in Kelvins.

4. C to F
This diagram shows temperatures in degrees Celsius. Notice the Corona is hotter than the surface.

5. Great diagram showing the Corona
Great diagram showing the Corona. It extends out into space for a few million miles. The photosphere and chromosphere are quite thin as shown here. Notice the size of the earth! If earth could survive next to the sun it would be destroyed by a prominence! That is an eruption of plasma from the sun. This diameter is a little different than what they just read about.

6. This is an example of a diagram they will be coloring and labeling on Thursday.