#ExplainTheSun

Here’s how:

1. Learn something interesting about what the sun does.
2. Do your best to explain what you’ve learned about the sun.
3. Share your explanation with the hashtag #ExplainTheSun

Here’s a little inspiration…

• We asked scientists and other solar-interested folks to answer the question: What does the sun do? See their responses here.
• Make your own UV light detector in this activity from the Lawrence Hall of Science.
• Watch videos, read articles, and listen to interviews about the sun in Science Friday’s Sun Science Collection on PBS Learning Media.
• Listen to our launch on Science Friday, May 8th
• Help us create a human sundial

For more information on ways to #ExplainTheSun and how to share your explanation, click here.

#ExplainTheSun Almendra Castillo says “I wanted to capture the time of the sun.” this: ~4 weeks of light, 3 hrs/day pic.twitter.com/kg6QCp093K

— Charles Bergquist (@cbquist) May 13, 2015

 

More sun = more eggs from my hens They stop in winter bc of less daylight and resume as days lengthen #ExplainTheSun pic.twitter.com/7FalOzwfBW — LeanaT (@LeanaT) May 8, 2015

@scifri Kindergarten @harrisburgacad use light and dark colors to reflect and absorb light energy #explainthesun pic.twitter.com/8zSf199EOk

— Carolyn Shover (@SciteachK4) May 27, 2015

What the sun means to me: mood enhancer, life sustaining, cancer causing. One of several scars left from a toxic mix of genetics and living on the beach. #explainthesun #sciencefriday #nofilter #skincancer A photo posted by Alison Nelson (@alimcnelson) on May 8, 2015 at 4:38pm PDT

#ExplainTheSun: An Album

listen to ‘Secretary Moniz on the Sun and Energy’ on audioBoom

#HumanSundial Tweets