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Grade 3 Science · World 9: Sunlight Lab · Level 59
Sunlight Warms Things
Predict and explain how sunlight warms objects in the sun and in the shade.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 59
- Welcome to the Sunlight Lab! Sunlight carries energy, and when it shines on things, they warm up.
- Things in the sun warm up more than things in the shade, because shade blocks the sunlight.
- A metal slide in the afternoon sun can get hot enough to hurt! Always touch carefully first.
- Scientists test this with thermometers: put one in the sun and one in the shade, and check them every so often.
- Many science thermometers use degrees Celsius. This one in the sun reads 32 °C. Count the small marks by 2s!
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:
- S3P1.b — Plan and carry out an investigation to gather data using thermometers to produce tables and charts that illustrate the effect of sunlight on various objects. (Clarification statement: The use of both Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales is expected.)