Listening - Podcast: The Happy Sun

Listen to the audio and complete the activities below.

Podcast Transcript

Hello! Welcome to 'Easy Science'. Today, we are talking about the sun. Look up at the sky. The sun is a big, yellow star. It is very hot and very bright.

The sun is a good friend to our Earth. It gives us light so we can see in the day. It gives us heat so we are not cold. Plants love the sun, too. A plant needs water, dirt, and sunlight to grow big and green.

But did you know the sun can give us electricity? Yes, it can! People put big, dark panels on the roofs of their houses. These are called solar panels. The solar panels catch the sunlight and turn it into power for the TV, the fridge, and the lights. Solar power is amazing because it is very clean. It does not make the air dirty. Thank you, happy sun!

ACTIVITIES

Activity 1: Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentences using words from the text: electricity, bright, plants, roof.

1. The sun is very hot and very .

2. need sunlight to grow big and green.

3. People put solar panels on the of their houses.

4. Solar panels turn sunlight into .

Activity 2: Vocabulary Hunt

Find a word in the text that matches these definitions:

1. The opposite of cold:

2. The color of the sun in the text:

3. The opposite of dirty:

Activity 3: Comprehension Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer.

1. What does the sun give us?

a) Water and dirt

b) Light and heat

c) Plastic and paper

2. Why is solar power amazing?

a) Because it is very clean.

b) Because it is very cold.

c) Because it makes the air dirty.

Activity 4: True or False

Read the statements and decide if they are True or False.

1. The sun is a small, blue star.

True

False

2. Plants need sunlight to grow.

True

False