Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Waste Not, Want Not: Use the Microbial Fuel Cell to Create Elec
Gross. What is that in the toilet? But maybe it's not just gross. Did you know there are bacteria that digest organic waste and create electrons? What if there was a way to collect those electrons to power a circuit? In this science fair...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Get Something for Nothing: Free Power From the Sun!
Taking advantage of free energy can reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, which are harmful to our environment. In this science fair project, you will work with a solar panel, which is a collector of free energy, and investigate how...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Solar Speedway
Solar power is hot these days. Gleaming, black solar panels soak up rays on more and more rooftops of homes and businesses providing a clean, alternative source of heat and electricity. You might guess that different times of the day...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Energy and Enzymes: Overview of Metabolism
An article reviewing how energy flows in a cell including metabolic pathways.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Solar Cell Power Output vs. Temperature
Solar cells provide a clean way of making electricity directly from sunlight. In this project you will build a simple circuit and experimental setup to investigate whether the power output of a solar cell changes with ambient temperature.
Read Works
Read Works: Soft Cell
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about solar cells being made of plastic. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Energy Flow Through Organisms: Introduction to Photosynthesis/respiration
In this life science classroom activity, students will use cooperative learning and whole class discussions to be introduced to the concept of energy flow through organisms, and understand the basic processes of photosynthesis and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Cell Energetics
An interactive module where students describe, compare, contrast and explain the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Passive Transport
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The cell membrane is semi-permeable. Sometimes molecules need the help of special transport proteins or an input of energy to help them move across it. When an input...
Creative Science Centre
Creative Science Centre: Demonstration of Radio Waves Generated by Mobile Phone
Described is a simple low cost home-made device that converts the radio wave energy from a mobile phone signal into electricity to light an LED. No battery or complex circuitry is required. The device can form the basis of a range of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Effect of Atmospheric Circulation on Climate
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how atmospheric circulation cells affect the climate of regions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Global Wind Belts
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how regional differences in solar radiation create global wind belts.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Chemistry: Electrochemistry
In this module students learn more about oxidation-reductions and how to balance these reactions and perform stoichiometric calculations on these specific reactions. Students also explore electrolysis, galvanic cells, reduction...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Environment for Kids: Solar Energy
Kids learn about solar energy and how this renewable power can help the environment. Teach students about solar cells and using the sun for heat.
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California Energy Commission: Solar Energy Science Projects [Pdf]
Four science projects in which students learn how solar energy works and how thermal energy is transferred and utlized in a solar air heater, a solar water heater, a solar hot dog cooker, and a solar cell.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Producers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Energy is the ability to do work. In organisms, this can be physical work, like walking or jumping, or it can be the work used to carry out the chemical processes in...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Cells! Cells! Cells!
Young scholars will learn about both POP Art and science in this pattern project. Working in conjunction with a science teacher in your school, students will view cells through a microscope and use visual diaries to create pattern...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Cellular Respiration
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How does the food you eat provide energy? Through the process of cellular respiration, the energy in food is changed into energy that can be used by the body's...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Pie Pan Convection
In this experiment, students observe what happens when a pan of soapy, colored water is heated. They will see that convection currents cause the fluid to rise and sink in a localized convection cell.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 2.15 Cellular Respiration
Learn about the process of cellular respiration in the human body.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Cellular Respiration Reactions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of cellular respiration and its overall chemical equation. The energy changes that occur during cellular respiration, including in photosynthesis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Fermentation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Sometimes cells need to obtain energy from sugar, but there is no oxygen present to complete cellular respiration. In this situation, cellular respiration can be...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 1.8 Characteristics of Life
Discover the five characteristics that all living things have in common.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Process of Cellular Respiration
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Why do you need air to live? Of course if you didn't breathe, you couldn't survive. You need the gas oxygen to perform cellular respiration to get energy from your...