A decorative illustration featuring a large green number 3 surrounded by flowers, leaves, a slice of watermelon, pineapples, carrots, and pumpkins.

Sun

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Sun Power

Plants use light to grow big and tall, and eat with their leaves like tiny green hands!

Inside the leaves are tiny green pigments called chlorophyll that catch sunlight like solar panels.

Image of a white play button icon on a black background.
A cute cartoon depiction of a green circle with a smiling face, pink cheeks, and black eyes, surrounded by a light blue circle.

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Color Catchers

Chlorophyll (those green pigments in leaves) is what helps plants catch sunlight. That’s why most plants look green! Like yours truly.

Close-up of a white triangular play button icon on a black background, resembling a media playback symbol.
Pixel art image of a green cactus with a smiling face wearing a with a brown cowboy hat, against a dark background.
Cartoon frog wearing a cowboy hat and red bandana.

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The Sun helps make rainbows

When its light shines through raindrops, it makes beautiful colors.

A cartoon-style rainbow with seven colors, flanked by two cute smiling clouds with rosy cheeks.
A cute cartoon bee with a crown, smiling with pink cheeks and small wings.
Play button icon on a black background.

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Happy Solstice, Hippies

The amount of sunlight tells plants when it’s spring, summer, fall, or winter — so they know when to bloom, drop leaves, or rest.

White right-pointing triangle icon on a black background.
Cute bunny character with a white face, pink cheeks, and long ears wearing a white headband with a small flower and a bow, on a light blue background.
Green arrow with the text 'NEXT' above it, pointing to the right, on a transparent background.