We’ve been talking about the sun lately. A LOT! My primary focus is that each of you understand the importance of the sun as an energy source for our planet Earth. We’ve discussed the different aspects of the electromagnetic spectrum, including radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays. We’ve discussed how only the “visible light” part of the spectrum can be seen, but the sun emits all of these.
We’ve just begun to focus on seasons. Now that we have established what it is that comes out of the sun, it is time to talk about what happens to all of the heat that the Earth receives from all of this solar radiation. In fact, tonight’s homework is to ask at least one adult the following questions:
“Why do we have seasons?”
You must then record the response(s) and bring it in to be checked tomorrow.
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