In this science fair project, design and build a mechanical sunflower device that faces the Sun as the sun moves through the sky. By harnessing solar energy, your sun tracker should follow the movement of the sun.

Statistical data, general features, key terms, characteristics, and influences of the sun.

Observe the regular, predictable patterns of the Sun, Moon, and stars in the sky in this media gallery from WGBH. Interact with the animated storybook to observe and predict patterns of the Sun, Moon, and stars over a day and analyze...

This site features discussion questions to go along with each scene of the play "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry. Students will gain a broader perspective of Hansberry's work when they visit this site.

Suppose you placed a camera at a fixed position, took a picture of the sky at the same time every day for an entire year, and overlaid all of the photos on top of each other. What would the sun look like in that combined image? A...

Learn about the rotation of the earth, the movement of the moon, and the position of the sun.

This fun activity helps you to understand the movement of the sun by studying shadows.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes patterns that can be found in the movement of the Sun, Moon, and stars.

For this activity, students visit a small section of the schoolyard and record observations in a scientific journal. They will observe different things as the school year progresses, including ecological relationships, human impact on...

Examine the changes that occur with the moon's movement in relationship to the Earth and Sun with this astronomy simulation.

In the early 1600s, most people believed that the Sun revolved around a stationary Earth. This video segment adapted from NOVA tells how Galileo proved that the Sun, not Earth, is at the center of our universe.

Learn how to use the sun to tell time. This simple activity reinforces the concepts of light and shadow, night and day, time, and geographical north vs. magnetic north.

In this science activity, students investigate the water cycle by testing the water evaporated from leaves (transpiration). They investigate concepts of evaporation and the movement of water through the different states of the water...

This lecture explains Kepler's Three Laws of motion. Application of these laws are made to planetary movements around the sun. The lecture is available in multiple formats (audio, video, written transcript). Practice problems are also...

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this unit children learn about the shapes and relative sizes of the Earth, Sun and Moon. Using models they learn how the three bodies move relative to each other and how these movements relate to...

This is a collection of four media galleries of videos about Zora Neale Hurston and her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

A lesson for third graders in which they learn about the rotation of the Earth on its axis and how this movement creates day and night. They also examine the orbit of the moon about the Earth and the Earth's orbit around the sun.

This resource provides a brief chronology of the American short story divided into periods and providing important authors of the period and their works.

Through nine lessons, students are introduced to a range of energy types--electrical, light, sound and thermal-as well as the renewable energy sources of wind, hydro (water) and solar power. Subjects range from understanding that the...

The history of China during the time just before and just after World War I.

Learn about the efficient use of electric energy in Spanish. See the products and services responsible for saving energy.

Observe the movements of a molecular planetary gear.

Even with disruptions like weather fronts and storms, there is a consistent pattern to how air moves around our planet's atmosphere. This pattern, called atmospheric circulation, is caused because the Sun heats the Earth more at the...

This resource features a biography, booklist, and interview transcript with the author Jacqueline Woodson. This author was presented with the Coretta Scott King Award for the book "Miracle's Boys," in 2001.