This activity book is filled with bold graphics and simple words that introduce primary students to solar energy with hands-on explorations and teacher reviews and evaluations. The activities are:

• Flipbook introduction: The sun and its energy
• The sun gives us light – light is energy
• Do plants need the sun’s energy to grow?
• The radiometer
• Reading a thermometer (K-4)
• Light to heat
• Solar beads (K-4)
• NaturePrint paper – light can make a color change
• Solar balloons – heat makes substances expand
• Solar oven – the energy in sunlight can cook food
• Glow toys – some objects can absorb and give off light
• Solar house kit – a solar cell turns sunlight into electricity
• Solar cells – electricity from solar cells can run machines
• Review and evaluation

Handouts included; other materials vary by activity.

Standards are listed at the beginning of the guide.