Learners take a virtual tour of a photovoltaic cell to see how it acts to establish an electric field and generate electricity from sunlight.

53-minute video by NOVA takes a realistic view of solar power: its promises, challenges, and the hope it holds for powering the future. Appropriate for Grades 6-12.

A somewhat more advanced lab activity for Grades 7-9 that also explores principles of passive solar design.

12-minute video details how a girl's science fair project inspired a geophysicist to design and patent a device to capture carbon dioxide in the air.