Electricity from the Sun

Electricity from the Sun is a simple informational text that introduces students to solar energy. Beginning with familiar concepts such as the sun as a source of warmth, the text attempts to explain how heat from the sun is harnessed to make electricity. The final sentence conveys that solar energy is a sustainable energy source.

This beautiful illustrated series of 40 readers covers sustainability foundation ideas and concepts. It is ideal for early childhood science lessons using readers to cover some of these topics. It treats the importance of the human environment and moves to the energy use in maintaining this environment. It looks at lifestyle and the choices made to reduce carbon usage and improve well-being in the process. The series was produced as a foundation set of readers to be used in classrooms as guided readers or take-home readers treating the importance of sustainability for humans on this planet.