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This multi-day project for Grades 9-12 immerses students in the basics of passive and active solar energy through hands-on explorations. The module opens with investigations of photovoltaic cells, angle of incidence, and color absorption. The remaining half is spent in the design, construction, and testing of a small-scale solar house that implements solar panel technology. The module provides full lab instructions, background information, question sets, pre-test and follow-up assessments, discussion questions, and printable student data tables.
This resource is part of a larger collection created by teacher fellows of the Dayton Regional STEM Center. Modules were developed to promote integration of engineering practices into the K-12 science curriculum. Editor's Note: One component that sets this resource apart is its inclusion of extension activities that allow students to apply computational reasoning about what they learned. These activities include developing a cost analysis of solar power conversion for their own homes and creating a graphical analysis that maps dollars to kilowatt hour usage over time.
AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)1. The Nature of Science
1B. Scientific Inquiry
1C. The Scientific Enterprise
3. The Nature of Technology
3A. Technology and Science
3B. Design and Systems
3C. Issues in Technology
4. The Physical Setting
4E. Energy Transformations
8. The Designed World
8C. Energy Sources and Use
11. Common Themes
11B. Models
This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.
Topic: Conservation of Energy
Unit Title: Renewable Energy Sources This multi-day project immerses students in the basics of passive and solar energy through hands-on labs. First, students explore photovoltaic cells and color absorption, then design and construct a small-scale "house" that implements solar panel technologies. The resource has robust instructional support built in: front-loaded vocabulary, pre-activity discussion questions, tips on structuring the cooperative learning groups, data tables to record multiple observations, problem sets that introduce mathematics, extension activity, scoring rubric, and answer key. Link to Unit:
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