The Sun (Our Star) | Infographic + Slides + Podcast + Quiz Space Science Set

Studying the Sun, our nearest star, helps middle and high school students understand the energy source that drives weather, climate, seasons, and life on Earth while also building core astronomy knowledge about stars, nuclear fusion, and electromagnetic radiation. The Sun is a perfect real world anchor for big curriculum ideas such as energy transfer, particle motion, magnetism, and the nature of scientific evidence, because students can connect classroom concepts to sunspots, solar flares, auroras, and space weather that affects satellites and power grids.

A complete resource that blends visually engaging theory slides (around 25 to 30 slides) with clear key facts and diagrams, a deep dive audio podcast for listen and learn reinforcement, and a clean infographic that summarizes essential information gives students multiple pathways to master concepts like the Sun’s layers, the solar cycle, fusion in the core, and how light and heat reach Earth. The included assessment set of 15 multiple choice questions, 10 short answer questions, and 5 essay style prompts builds understanding from foundational recall to deeper explanations and scientific writing, while the provided answers and essay answer pointers make feedback efficient and consistent. Together, this structured Sun unit turns an everyday sky object into a high interest, standards aligned learning sequence that strengthens science literacy, curiosity, and confident exam readiness.

This - The Sun (Our Star) - 4 item set provides a truly engaging set of ways to engage students. This resource can help your students spark learning about The Sun (Our Star) providing a great set of ways to get them into this content.

Ideal for reviewing or opening content for this topic, providing clear visuals for information and presenting effectively, it helps reinforce key topics while the quiz can be used in parts or as a whole for formative or summative assessment, all of it educating on The Sun (Our Star).

THIS THE SUN (OUR STAR) INFOGRAPHIC + SLIDES + QUIZ + PODCAST RESOURCE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:

• Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
• To extend students
• To increase engagement & curiosity
• As part of a lesson opener
• Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
• Can be used for homework or for a flipped classroom
• Great to engage auditory and visual learning in an effective manner

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS THE SUN (OUR STAR) INFOGRAPHIC + SLIDES + QUIZ + PODCAST RESOURCE:

• 1 Fantastic and clear infographic in PDF format
• 1 Podcast / Audio deep dive on this topic with 2 hosts discussing the key learnings back and forth - 15 minutes in length.
• 25 slides with incredible visuals that explore in depth all the key content in this topic in both Google Slides and PDF formats.
• 8 pages of questions and answers - useful as a quiz - 15 multiple choice questions - 10 short answer questions - 5 essay style questions - Glossary of key terms along with answers for MC and short answer questions and pointers for essay style questions. Available in both Google Docs and PDF formats.