Talofa from Samoa

We have been very busy in Samoa. Since our arrival we have made several trips to town and today we went to the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum. It was amazing to hear about the history of Samoa surrounding the famous writer who died in Samoa and is buried at the top of Mt Vaea due to his wishes. His other wish was to be buried with his boots which the Samoan people fulfilled when he died. It took a lot of work for the people of Samoa to carry Robert Louis Stevenson's coffin to the top of the mountain but they did it because they loved him.

Tomorrow which is Tuesday in Samoa we are travelling to Savaii. We are all excited to go because we have heard so many wonderful stories about Savaii. MRsTofa is escpecially excited because Savaii is where she was born.

We will keep you all posted when we have access to the internet but for now Tofa Soifua.

Information Report about the Sun

The Sun

The sun is a large round ball that the planets travel around.

It is made out of many gases, chemicals and most importantly fire. The sun also lets off tiny explosions that create sunbeams and sunrays which gives us light and heat.

The sun formed first at the centre of the cloud. It became whole when gases and chemicals and dust started to grow.

The centre of the sun is called the core. The core is extremely hot. The heat sends tiny bits of matter called atoms crashing into each other. The crashing atoms set off atomic or nuclear reactions. All of the energy of the sun comes from these nuclear reactions in its core. It takes a long time for the energy from the core to reach the surface of the sun- about 170,000 years!!

The sun is very important to us. We play in the sunshine. We see daylight. The sun keeps us warm. Even ancient people knew the sun was very important. They thought the sun was a god. The ancient Greeks thought the sun god drove a chariot across the sky every day. The ancient Egyptians thought the sun god sailed a boat across the sky.

Heat from the sun warms up the ground. The warmth from the ground heats the air above. The sun warms us and gives everything life, so without the sun the universe would not exist!