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NOVA: How Do Solar Panels Work? 
  
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S. Chasteen; Publishers: Public Broadcasting Service and WGBH Educational Foundation
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How do solar panels convert sunlight into electricity? This interactive activity from NOVA takes the learner inside a virtual photovoltaic cell to see how two different layers of…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/how-solar-cell-works.html
TryEngineering: Here Comes the Sun 
  
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Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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This is a inquiry-based lab for Grades 9-12 that explores how solar energy is gathered and transferred to electrical energy in solar panels. Students work in teams to disassemble a…
https://tryengineering.org/teacher/here-comes-sun/
All About Circuits: Worksheets 
  
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T. Kuphaldt
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This page contains links to more than 50 worksheets on basic electricity and DC circuits, plus many more on topics relating to AC circuits and digital electronics. Students may…
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/worksheets/
NanoSense: Clean Energy: Converting Light Into Energy 
  
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Publisher: SRI International
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This is a lesson module for Grades 9-12 that explores solar energy in two contexts: 1) its role in providing clean energy solutions, and 2) the use of nanoscience in enabling novel…
https://nanosense.sri.com/download/CleanEnergyUnitWithCover.pdf
NanoSense: Solar Cell Animation 
  
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This Flash animation depicts the function of two types of solar cell systems: a silicon-based cell and a dye-sensitized cell. Both systems convert light energy to electrical energy,…
https://nanosense.sri.com/activities/cleanenergy/solarcellanimation.html
PhyzGuide: Electrostatic Charge 
  
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D. Baird
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Learn the "shocking truths and current models" of electrostatic charge and force.
http://phyz.org/phyz/BOP/9-ELECTRICITY/G-Electric_Charge.pdf
Socratic Electronics 
  
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This web site provides educational resources for learning and teaching electronics that promote student discussion and individual research. The web site contains essays that describe…
http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/socratic/