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Students investigate solar energy and color. In this solar energy lesson plan, students assess the benefits of solar energy. Students discover that solar energy is attracted to darker colors and conduct an experiment using colored bottles to illustrate this concept.

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color recognition, colors, wavelength, waves

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color, harness energy, repel energy, types of energy sources, wavelengths, science
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Inquiry-Based Learning
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Year
2011

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