Term 2

Indy Space DLO.mp4

This is Indy's Digital Learning Object where she explains what she has learnt about the Sun using Explain Everything.

Solar System ScopeOnline 3D simulation of the Solar System and night sky in real time - the Sun, planets, dwarf planets, comets, stars and constellations

What is the Moon made out of? Why doesn't it make its own light? Where does the Moon's light come from?

Moon Composition - NASA ScienceThe Moon is a differentiated world. This means that it is made of layers with different compositions. The Moon has a core, mantle, and crust.

What are the layers of the Sun?

Anatomy of the Sun - NASAImage of the Sun with cut-away portion showing the solar interior with text descriptions of the regions.

This week Kaikomako are learning about where heat and light come from. We learnt about how the Sun makes energy and that it is made out of gas! We now know that there are no volcanoes or rock on the Sun. The core of the Sun is made Hydrogen.

How Maui slowed the Sun

Here's another great story about how the Atua Māui and his brothers slowed the sun to give people more light in the day.

How does the Sun make heat and light?

Where does the heat and light actually come from? How does it work? Lucas F. told us about how the Earth was formed from lots of smaller rocks connecting up and making bigger and bigger rocks and finally forming the Earth. That's how the Sun formed but from hydrogen gas, not rock!