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First Facts: Solar System
The Sun
Discusses the orbit, physical characteristics, and exploration of the Sun.
- GenresNonfiction
24 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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September 20, 2017 Summary
The Sun is a descriptive nonfiction book about the biggest star in our solar system. It talks about the sun's relation to the rest of the planets in the solar system. Throughout the book it talks about the different components of the sun and it's importance. The book discusses how we think the sun got where it is and why the planets revolve around it.
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The sun is pretty cool anyway, and this book portrays it well. The pictures the book uses of the sun's corona and the different parts of the sun are neat and engaging. The text is at a level that is interesting for students and allows them to stay engaged with their learning.
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I used this book to help teach my unit of the solar system before the solar eclipse. I began with this book. I read it to my students and then allowed them to have the opportunity to read it to me. We explored the pictures together and made a booklet with the sun and each planet. Together we added facts we learned about the sun under our "sun" tab.
The Sun is a descriptive nonfiction book about the biggest star in our solar system. It talks about the sun's relation to the rest of the planets in the solar system. Throughout the book it talks about the different components of the sun and it's importance. The book discusses how we think the sun got where it is and why the planets revolve around it.
Evaluation
The sun is pretty cool anyway, and this book portrays it well. The pictures the book uses of the sun's corona and the different parts of the sun are neat and engaging. The text is at a level that is interesting for students and allows them to stay engaged with their learning.
Teaching Point
I used this book to help teach my unit of the solar system before the solar eclipse. I began with this book. I read it to my students and then allowed them to have the opportunity to read it to me. We explored the pictures together and made a booklet with the sun and each planet. Together we added facts we learned about the sun under our "sun" tab.
November 26, 2009
I'm grateful that my local library cares enough to have current science text books especially in the children's section. Never the less I feel a little sad and nostalgic over the once ninth planet, Pluto.
The Sun by Ralph Winrich was published right around the time that Pluto's fate was in the balance. Eris was spotted in January 2005 and shortly after a number of other small orbiting objects. Pluto being smaller than Eris meant either the solar system had to grow by potentially dozens of new plants or shrink by one. The experts decided to shrink the solar system by one and define a new class of object, the "dwarf planet".
In The Sun then, the solar system has eight planets. For Sean and Harriet it's normal for the solar system to have eight planets and a bunch of dwarf planets. I am still adjusting to the newly adjusted list. I agree that science should adapt as we learn new things but the sentimental side of me thinks Pluto should have been grandfathered in.
The book is part of astronomy books (First Facts Solar System) aimed at children ages 4 to 8. For the younger ones it has lots of wonderful photographs and is an easy to read aloud book. For the ones who can read there is enough variety in the language to teach to increase language skills while teaching science.
The Sun by Ralph Winrich was published right around the time that Pluto's fate was in the balance. Eris was spotted in January 2005 and shortly after a number of other small orbiting objects. Pluto being smaller than Eris meant either the solar system had to grow by potentially dozens of new plants or shrink by one. The experts decided to shrink the solar system by one and define a new class of object, the "dwarf planet".
In The Sun then, the solar system has eight planets. For Sean and Harriet it's normal for the solar system to have eight planets and a bunch of dwarf planets. I am still adjusting to the newly adjusted list. I agree that science should adapt as we learn new things but the sentimental side of me thinks Pluto should have been grandfathered in.
The book is part of astronomy books (First Facts Solar System) aimed at children ages 4 to 8. For the younger ones it has lots of wonderful photographs and is an easy to read aloud book. For the ones who can read there is enough variety in the language to teach to increase language skills while teaching science.
February 5, 2020
I love this series of books - they are so informative yet simple. I’ve even reading them with my 4 year old; they’re a great introduction to some big concepts with lots of basic facts.
November 1, 2008
bold pictures and solid facts about the sun. finally, it's not just me telling the girls not to look directly into the orb.
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