With ethanol becoming more prevalent in the media and in gas tanks, it is important for students to know where it comes from. This module uses a series of four activities to show how energy and mass...
Students design and build a solar still to capture drinking water from the capillary water in the soil, and then modify their designs to be more efficient.
Description: This guide includes 10 hands-on explorations that teach the scientific concepts of solar energy and photovoltaics. The activities are: * Do similar solar cells produce similar...
As the popularity of photovoltaic (PV) cells and integrated circuits (IC) increases, the need for silicon also increases. Silicon is one of the most used materials in these two industries. It is an...
The five activities in this lesson are designed for technology and upper-level physics classes, as well as being suitable as an introductory photovoltaics unit for college-level students and adults....
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