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Summertime is sunny time, so why not learn more about the most amazing star that makes summer possible? Woodward the Astronaut Mascot launches his summer solar system get away with a fly by cruise past our sun to help young readers understand the sun’s composition, the meaning of solar flares and why those unusual dark spots mysteriously appear, grow and disappear on the face of the sun. Discover the distance, diameter and rotation cycle while solving puzzles. Learn a clever way to remember sun safety from our friends in Australia! Don’t forget your sunglasses and wide-brimmed hat—this lesson will definitely brighten your day and cause you to glow!
In this issue budding young physicists will:
- Read expository science text about the sun
- Learn how the sun sustains life on earth
- Calculate sunny sums to brighten math skills
- Understand sun safety
- Learn solar facts
- Use the newspaper to hunt for sunny adjectives
- Identify products in the news and trace them back to their sun origin
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