It is the light, It is the heat

from the sun to the earth beneath your feet

from the hot bright sun to the cool dark earth

light and heat comes it’s absorbed and dispersed

land and water both get sunlight

land will heat up faster than the sea

air above the land starts rising

this creates the wind activity

CHORUS

It is the energy, It is the sun

It is our star it is our only one

The radiation comes in wavelengths

Wavelengths that our eyes can see

It’s the sunlight all around us

the frequency of visibility

CHORUS

Sunshine’s different from here to there

Because earth is curved EVERYWHERE ( KIDS SHOUT )

It’s a sphere spinning through space

So the sun shine’s different in every place

It’s cold in the north and the south pole too

Because that’s all weak sunshine can do

But sun shines strong on the equator

Making hot air rise like an elevator

Whoooooooooo ( KID PART )

the cold air comes rushing in ( AUDIENCE HAND GESTURES)

under the rising hot air this creates the wind

The wind and water are always weaving

because sunshine is sooo uneven

Around the Sun our world spins
because of the orbit we’re in.
The earth orbits around the sun,
spinning on a tilt and changing seasons.

CHORUS
One trip around the sun
is what we call a year. (one year!)
Your age is the time the world’s
been around since you’ve been here. (seven!)
Do you feel like you’re in outer space?
Well, you are,
suspended on a little planet
orbiting a star, just an average star.

Our world tilts as it rotates.
What a difference that tilt does make.
It changes angles of the sunshine;
keeping it cool in winter
and hot in summertime.

CHORUS

Hmmm, 365 days that's one year
for our trip around the sun

So, in the winter we tilt away
with the sun so low
we get weak sun rays,
but in the summer we’re tilting in,
so the sun goes overhead as we spin.

CHORUS

There are sponges in the sky, little floating molecules

Called carbon dioxide (that come ) from the burning fuel

They don’t soak up water, but they do soak up heat

And spread it through our atmosphere and back down to our streets

Burned gasoline and coal too

Release the gas, CO2

It mixes in our atmosphere

With the little bit already here

Little molecules of floating gas

Soak up the heat as it comes past

heat from the water and the ground

The CO2 sends it back down

Chorus

It changes weather day by day

We start to notice we start to say

The pattern’s different, let’s define it

this CO2 is changing climate

now we know, there are things to do

to change the patterns of me and you

to cut down on our CO2,

and the gas called methane tooo,

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Sun heats the water into steam, it starts to rise
as water vapor it drifts up into the sky
then it clumps together when it hits cold air
rain droplets form and start falling everywhere

oh they hit the ocean
oh they hit the land
oh they hit each one of us
and now we understand

As long as the sun shines the water cycle will never end
the mist will rise and fill the skies and rain will fall again
As long as the sun shines the water cycle will never end
the mist will rise and fill the skies and rain will fall again

Water Cycle, evaporation
Water Cycle, condensation
Water Cycle, precipitation
Water water round and round
Water Cycle up and down

Each and every green leaf has microscopic holes
where water evaporates into the air it goes
this pulls more water up through the grounded roots
under the bark to the leaves and to the fruit

Leaves release the water it rises with hot air
and we chew the juicy fruit yes water’s everywhere

As long as the sun shines the water cycle will never end
the mist will rise and fill the skies and rain will fall again
As long as the sun shines the water cycle will never end
the mist will rise and fill the skies and rain will fall again

Water Cycle, evaporation
Water Cycle, condensation
Water Cycle, precipitation
Water water round and round
Water Cycle up and down

When the wind blows

It moves the air’s mass

Bending trees show

The weight of the gas

And we know

It’s the gases right here

the mixture that makes

Our atmosphere

It’s a mixture of gas

Mostly Nitrogen ( not in outer space )

It’s a mixture of gas

Some Oxygen ( suck it into your face )

It’s a mixture of gas

A little CO2 ( it’s in your nose and ears )

It’s a mixture of gas

Some Methane too, PUUUU ( our atmosphere )

c……..o………2

I am a molecule, I am CO2

And in this song I am going to show you

What happens to me in your atmosphere

And how life is shaped by me being here

You see the sun radiates it’s wonderful light

That’s absorbed, transformed, disappearing from sight

It comes in in short waves , that pass right through me

But Earth absorbs it, releases it, in my frequency

It’s infrared radiation you feel

as heat on your skin you can feel that it's real

Now this radiation vibrates at a frequency

That’s is the same as the one that always moves me

So I absorb infrared because we share a beat

And I dance and reradiate all that heat

I start moving more with infrared energy

So the air will get warmer when there’s more of me

I am methane and I am CO2

Now you know just how we do what we do

These are my motions, the movement of bonds

between my atoms, THE DANCE GOES ON AND ON AND ON

warming the atmosphere and that’s because

re-radiating heat, is what my (this) dance does

Everyday people say what difference can I make,
what deeds can I do, what action can I take?
Well now is the time for you and me
to find a spot, dig a hole and plant a young tree.

These trees releasing sweet oxygen,
these trees the monkeys and the birds are living in.
These trees limbs stretching up towards the sky
these trees absorbing carbon dioxide.
Big trees, green leaves, deep roots in the ground
the branches grow up, as the bark grows around.
And the flowers turn into fruit which falls to the ground
the seeds sprout and take root.

Tree grows, sap flows, young tree grows big and old
Tree grows, sap flows, young tree grows big and old
Everyday people say what difference can I make,
what deeds can I do, what action can I take?
Well now is the time for you and me
to find a spot, dig a hole and plant a young tree.

These trees releasing sweet oxygen,
these trees the monkeys and the birds are living in.
These trees limbs stretching up towards the sky
these trees absorbing all the carbon dioxide.

So plant the tree that you prefer
the deciduous or the conifer.
Dig a hole deep, keep the roots straight,
put that tree in the ground, water it and wait.
Water and wait, water and wait
Water and wait, water and wait.

And as that tree grows give it care
so it will thrive and grow when you’re not there
yes as that tree grows tall and strong
you can watch it grow all your life long.