Lights Day and Night: The Science of How Light Works
Summer a cloudy night no moon or stars The sky is so dark then
A firefly Blink blink Such a tiny insect but its light glows brightly in the darkness
Then a breeze picks up The treetops bend and sway and the sky begins to clear Oh look The sky is full of stars They are millions of miles away but their light travels all the way from there to here A star is a spinning ball of gases made of matter that isn’t liquid or solid The center of a star is incredibly hot This heat creates an enormous amount of energy making the star glow Blink blink