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TryEngineering: Solar Structures same topic as NOVA: How Do Solar Panels Work?
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Learners take a virtual tour of a photovoltaic cell to see how it acts to establish an electric field and generate electricity from sunlight.


TryEngineering: Solar Structures is supplemented by NOVA: Saved by the Sun
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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.


TryEngineering: Solar Structures covers the same topic (different course level) as TeachEngineering: Zero-Energy Housing
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A somewhat more advanced lab activity for Grades 7-9 that also explores principles of passive solar design.


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TryEngineering: Solar Structures is supplemented by NOVA: Capturing Carbon
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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.



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