Energy & Forces - Properties & Uses of Energy - Energy - G4
Development of Target

EF-B1.1

EF-B1.1 Identify the Sun as the main source of heat and light

 

1 Starting from the pupil’s drawings of day and night, answer simple questions helping to establish that daytime is warmer than night-time and that the Sun provides heat and light.
Melt ice or chocolate on a saucer in direct sunlight and compare with one left in the dark.
The best time to introduce this work would be the Summer.
2 Discuss summer holidays in a warm climate. Compare with local levels of heat and light. Elicit : light and heat on a hot day comes from the Sun. Revise previous knowledge of heat and light as forms of energy.