🌟 Lesson 5: The Sun is a star

Grades K–2 · about 15 minutes · NGSS 1-ESS1-1. By the end: I can say that the Sun is a star, and the other stars are suns very far away.

Learn

1. The Sun is a star: a huge ball of glowing hot gas. It gives us light and warmth. 🔊 Hear it
2. The stars at night are suns too. They look like tiny dots because they are very, very far away. 🔊 Hear it
3. The Sun is our closest star. Never look straight at it: it's so bright it can hurt your eyes. 🔊 Hear it

Try it

Look at a lamp across a big room, then up close (not into the bulb). Things far away look smaller and dimmer. The stars are far-away suns.

Quiz: five questions

Four right is a pass. Peabody reads every question; tap a box.

Tonight's task

Find the brightest star you can see tonight. Is it a star or a planet? Planets don't twinkle much.

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