P17 - Power of The Sun

We went to Rajasthan for our Dusshera Break. Inu was very happy to see bright Sun. She knew that the Sun is very good for our body and plants. We discussed benefits of Sun quite a few times but we never discussed that it can be as dangerous as helpful and necessary for nature. Just to show her the power of the Sun, we did an experiment which most of us have done in our childhood. 

I asked her, 'can you generate fire from Sun.' She was confused and said, 'I have never seen Sun light coming with fire.'  I said lets do that today. 

What you Need
        - Magnifying Glass 
        - Paper
        
This time my sister helped her for the experiment. When her mausi is around she wants to do every thing with her, and I love that. Didi helped her put the magnifying glass in between the Sun and paper. 

Within seconds the paper turned black. I remember when we were kids, it used to take much longer to burn paper. This time it was very very fast. 

I explained that Sun light carry a specific amount of energy. These Sun rays are far aware in normal condition (when we are not using a magnifying) and not causing any impact on the paper. Magnifying glass is a special kind of glass which help focus all the Sun rays to one single point. When we focus the Sun rays to a single point in paper, first it turn black and some times catches fire.  

I told her that we can generate energy with Sun which can be converted to electricity. I reminded her about the solar heater we saw once.

She loved the experiment and then Inu and mausi enjoyed writing their names with this technique on paper.