First Grade
- Standard: The sun is the principal source of energy.
Useful Links:
https://beyondweather.ehe.osu.edu/issue/the-sun-and-earths-climate/the-sun-earths-primary-energy-source
- This website offers background knowledge on the content standard. It includes the 5 main concepts that are a part of the standard.
https://www.climate.gov/teaching/teaching-essential-principle-1-sun-primary-source-energy-earths-climate-system
- This website gives more background knowledge on the 5 main concepts and why they are important to teach.
Words to know:
- Warm - a fairly or comfortably high temperature.
- Cool - a fairly low temperature
- Temperature - the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
- Energy - available power
Children's Literature:
- "The Sun, Our Nearest Star" by Franklyn M. Branley
- "Sunny Day" by Anna Milbourne
- "Who Likes the Sun?" by Etta Kaner