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Characteristics of the Sun

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After reading about how the sun gets its energy, and about the layers and features of the sun's atmosphere, heliologists complete a comprehension worksheet. On it, they label features on a diagram of the sun and match terms from the reading with their descriptions. This attractive assignment would be ideal as homework for your upper-elementary solar scientists.

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Concepts

solar energy, energy, the corona, eyes, sunspots, the sun, fusion, solar flares, solar wind, the photosphere

Additional Tags

solar energy, fusion, sun's layers, photosphere, chromosphere, corona, solar wind, sunspots, solar flares, solar prominence, science

Pros

Neat, black-line formatting
Straightforward and factual reading selection
Questions are relevant and include labeling a diagram, which is beneficial for more visual learners

Cons

None

Common Core

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