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Hot Equator, Cold Poles
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In this activity, learners use multiple thermometers, placed at different angles, and a lamp to investigate why some places on Earth's surface are much hotter than others.

Model the Sun and Earth
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In this activity, learners make scale models of the Sun and Earth out of paper mache.

Doghouse Design
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Doghouse Design) is a full inquiry investigation into absorption and reflection of radiant energy.

House Warming
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In this physical sciences activity, learners explore how passive solar design increases energy efficiency.

Canned Heat
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In this activity, learners explore how light and dark colored objects absorb the Sun's radiations at different rates.

Measure the Sun's Size
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In this activity, learners make their own pinhole viewer in order to measure the size of the sun.