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Pbs Learning Media: The Sun, a Real Star Instructional VideoPbs Learning Media: The Sun, a Real Star Instructional Video
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PBS
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Grade
K - 1st
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
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Lexile Measures
1140L
Instructional Video

Pbs Learning Media: The Sun, a Real Star

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How would you describe the sun? See if your description changes after viewing this video by NASA. You will learn about the layers of the sun and how we are protected from the sun's activity. Along with a full-length video [5:25], an abbreviated clip is available. [1:49] Also included are teacher tips and activities.

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Concepts

solar flares, solar storms

Additional Tags

layers of the sun, magnetosphere, pbs learningmedia: the sun, a real star, sun

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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Pbs Learning Media: The Sun Warms the Earth

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Observe how sunlight affects materials on Earth's surface in this media gallery. Students will make observations to use as evidence that sunlight warms Earth's surface as shown in the time-lapse video of an egg cooking in the sun....
K - 1st Science
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Pbs Learning Media: The Moon in the Day and Night Sky: Lesson Plan

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Observe that the Moon is visible in the sky during the day and night with this GBH lesson plan. Students will use evidence from observations, both firsthand and through media, to describe that the Moon can be visible at different times...
K - 1st Science
Lesson Plan

Pbs Learning Media: The Moon's Changing Appearance in the Sky: Lesson Plan

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Observe how the Moon appears to change in the sky over time in this GBH lesson plan. Students will observe and use evidence from media to describe and record how the Moon appears to change. The media in this lesson plan includes a...
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Pbs Learning Media: Sky Patterns: Sun, Moon, and Stars

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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...
K - 1st Science
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Pbs Learning Media: The Moon Over a Month: Lesson Plan

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Learners observe, identify, and describe how the Moon appears to change over the course of a month. They engage with a media slideshow of real-life images to describe how the Moon appears to change in a predictable pattern each month. It...
K - 1st Science
Lesson Plan

Pbs Learning Media: Sun, Moon, and Star Patterns in the Sky: Lesson Plan

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Observe how the Sun, Moon, and stars are visible in the sky at different times of the day and identify predictable patterns in the apparent motion of these objects with this WGBH lesson plan. Students record and analyze data to identify...
K - 1st Science
Instructional Video

Nasa: The Sun, a Real Star

NASA
This YouTube video is a NASA e/clips video. Learn about the important relationship between Earth and the sun. Find out about the layers of the sun and how Earth's magnetosphere acts like a giant handkerchief to protect us from all kinds...
K - 1st Science
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Pbs Learning Media: The Moon in the Sky

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K - 1st Science
Lesson Plan

Pbs Learning Media: Shifting Shadows

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