Grade 5

Physical Science: Sun as a Source of Light and Heat Energy

Learning Strand: Physical Science - Sun as a Source of Light and Heat Energy

Learning Standards: Students will

  • recognize that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels from one medium to another, and that light can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed.
  • identify light and heat as forms of energy that cause motion or create change.
  • give examples of how energy can be transferred from one form to another.

Reflection Library - help Dracula reflect light out of the hole in the roof of his house.

Energy Sources Then and Now - Poor Richard's Energy Almanac - Focuses on current energy sources.

The Energy Story - Solar Energy - discusses sunlight as a source of energy.

The Sun - a comprehensive but difficult sight.

Meet the Sun - a brief play that helps explain the ways in which the sun is a source of energy.

Harnessing Direct Solar Energy - discusses the possiility of solar energy as a future fuel source.