Today we started our inquiry into the incredible sun. We are making a big inquiry into the sun over three terms. The first term we will look at the physical structure and processes of the sun. In term two we will look at its impact on the Earth as well as make some investigations for Science Fair. In the third term we will look at how people harness the sun's energy and whether we could as a school do something to harness it.
We looked at the amazing footage in the above video before the students inquisitive minds got into gear. They asked all sorts of interesting questions that we are all looking forward to exploring. Here they are:
- Does the sun have a brain?
- How heavy is it?
- Why does the sun's heat not get cold as it goes through space?
- Why is it the colour that it is?
- How does it feed itself without oxygen?
- What happens if you are too close to the sun? How close can you get?
- Are there different types of stars?
- Will the sun get hotter or colder?
- How long until the sun dies? What will happen?
- How far away is it?
- How dense is the core?
- Why is the core hotter than the outside?
- Could the sun shrink down to nothing?
- How does the sun have eruptions? How big can the eruptions get?
- Will the sun get larger?
- Does each star have a solar system?
- What causes the transitions to either supernova or white dwarf?
- When was the sun made?
- How do they learn about the sun?
- How come mercury doesn't melt?
- How does the sun stay together?
- What is the sun made of?
- Why is the sun a circle?
- How does the sun create heat waves?
- What is a solar flare?
- Where does the sun and Earth get gravity from?
- Where does it get its energy from?
- Does the sun move?
- Is the sun brighter than the moon?
- How does it project the light?
- What starts nuclear fusion?
- Why do planets go around it?
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