Show them the wattmeter. So the sun provides the earth with energy. Ask the children . Well it provides us with heat. It provides us with light so that we can see the things around us.
Plants use it with a chemical called chlorophyll to make food for plants.
We and other animals on the earth eat the fruit, nuts and vegetables from the plants. We need the sun to make water evaporate and then to make rain. Now let us look at the earth. We see land masses ad oceans. On the continent of North America.