Michigan Reach Out
Michigan Reach Out: Do Plants Need Sunlight?
Do plants need sunlight? What happens to plants if they do not get sunlight? Students will act like scientists in order to answer these questions. A scientist takes questions like this and then conducts an experiment to see what really...
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Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: The Energy Report: Solar Energy [Pdf]
Chapter 10 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It examines solar energy, its history, and how it is used. The solar power industry in Texas is described, its economic importance, methods of producing it, and how it is...
NASA
Nasa: Solar Energy for Space Exploration
This activity book includes lessons and objectives for students to explore solar energy for space exploration. Students will play an active part in decision making for space exploration.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Solar Power
Students learn about solar energy and how to calculate the amount of solar energy available at a given location and time of day on Earth. The importance of determining incoming solar energy for solar devices is discussed.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Energy: Solar Power
Explains what solar power is, how it is produced, its limitations as an alternative energy source, environmental issues, the importance of analyzing solar power systems on an ongoing basis, and geographical considerations. (Published:...
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Massachusetts Department of Education: Sunlight Warms Earth's Surface
This unit contains a series of lessons that allow young scholars to explore the effect of sunlight on Earth's natural surfaces of sand, soil, rock, and water. In addition, students explore how the color and material of a surface affects...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Sunlight Necklaces
Create living necklaces to explore the power of sunlight.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Are You in Hot Water? Use Solar Energy to Heat Your Own Water
The goal of this science fair project is to build batch solar collectors from different colors of plastic bags and see which collector is the most efficient in heating water.
US Department of Energy
U.s. Department of Energy: Solar Energy Technologies Program: Solar Multimedia
Browse and download from this multimedia collection which contains photographs, videos, B-roll, graphics, and animations related to solar technologies, research, and projects.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Exploring Solar Power
This unit provides students the opportunity to explore methods engineers have devised for harnessing sunlight to generate power. Students will initially explore heat transfer and heat storage through the construction, testing, and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Solar Power
In this activity, students learn how engineers use solar energy to heat buildings by investigating the thermal storage properties of some common materials: sand, salt, water and shredded paper. Students then evaluate the usefulness of...
US Department of Energy
U.s. Department of Energy: Energy Basics: Renewable Energy: Solar Energy
Find out about renewable energy resources using solar energy technologies. Learn about the use of photovoltaic cells and the capture of the sun's energy.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Aren't We Only Using Solar Power?
Solar power is cheaper and more sustainable than our current coal-fueled power plants, so why haven't we made the switch? The real culprits here are the clouds, which make solar power difficult to control. Alexandros George Charalambides...
Energy4Me
Energy4me: Solar Energy
Learn about the history of solar energy, and how the energy is converted into usable electricity.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Solar Power
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How solar energy can be used and its consequences.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Solar Power O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This card contains essential facts about solar power.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Solar Power
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How solar energy can be collected and used, and the consequences of it.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Solar Energy and Latitude
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the relationship between solar energy and latitude.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Solar Energy on Earth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes characteristics of solar energy including the electromagnetic spectrum and movement.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Concentrated Solar Power
Young scholars learn how the total solar irradiance hitting a photovoltaic (PV) panel can be increased through the use of a concentrating device, such as a reflector or lens. This is the final lesson plan in the Photovoltaic Efficiency...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Solar Energy: Background
A reference page on solar energy. Learn about solar energy, solar heating, solar radiation, and electromagnetic radiation. The page also describes the advantages and disadvantages to solar energy.
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Canadian Centre for Energy Information: What Is Solar Energy?
Solar energy is explained well in this module, from its history and how it is produced, to its advantages and disadvantages, and what the future holds for this energy source.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Solar Energy
Explains what solar energy is, how it differs from photovoltaic energy, and how it is harnessed to produce electric power for humans.
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