Contents Golden Sun 4 What is weather 6 The atmosphere 8 What is a heat wave 10 Summer heat 12 Droughts 14 Heat dangers 16 Keep your cool 18 Studying weather 20 Cool experiment 22 Learning more 23 Words to know and Index 24
Golden Sun What would we do without the Sun It wakes us up in the morning It brightens our days The Sun helps our gardens grow It makes us feel happy except when it melts our snowmen and ice-cream cones 4
Heat and light The Sun warms Earth and everything on it It gives us heat and light Light from the Sun is called sunlight Without sunlight Earth would be cold and dark No people animals or plants could survive Everyone loves the Sun 5
