Climate Literacy
Clean: Solar House
Learners in teams of architects are challenged to build a solar house, containing both active and passive solar components. They design the house, build a model, and test it to determine its ability to use solar energy efficiently.
Other
Yohkoh Public Outreach Project: Yohkoh Movie Theater
The Yohkoh Public Outreach Project provides images, movies, and tours depicting our nearest star, the Sun. Content includes a wealth of information, learning activities, and much more.
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Energy4Me
Energy4me: Energy Sources of the World [Ppt]
Learn about the many different energy resources available from our Earth. Find out the pros and cons of each type: both renewable and nonrenewable.
Other
Efmr Monitoring Group: Solar Energy [Pdf]
This website consists of several teacher lesson plans centered on Solar Energy. This is includes activities for elementary, middle school, and high school students, targeted standards, and references for future research.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: Venus Crosses the Sun
Animations, videos, and informational text illustrating the natural phenomena of different types of eclipses.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Sun Sational Science
Discover more about the sun when you visit this educational resource. The content of this site includes solar fun facts, experiments, and activities.
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: The Sun Facts
Statistical data, general features, key terms, characteristics, and influences of the sun.
Read Works
Read Works: Weather: Air Patterns
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about wind patterns and how they relate to clouds, storms, and lightning. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Energy4Me
Energy4me: Solar Energy
Learn about the history of solar energy, and how the energy is converted into usable electricity.
Other
Sun Wind Solar Industries, Inc.
Solar energy facts and information. Instructions on how to build solar devices.
US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia: Energy Kids: Renewable Energy: Solar
This is a resource on solar energy, photovoltaic energy, solar thermal heat, solar thermal power plants and other forms of energy.
Other
Advanced Composting Systems: Phoenix Composting Toilet
Explains how composting toilets work, their benefits to the environment, useful applications, and information on how to choose a system.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: A Rare, Spectacular Total Eclipse of the Sun
Andy Cohen details the extraordinary celestial phenomenon of a total solar eclipse, and when it will next occur. [3:47]
Cool Math
Coolmath: Science Monster: Our Sun
Find out about our closest star, the sun. Read interesting facts and other trivia about our planet's source of energy.
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: Gallery of Energy
A collection of photographs highlighting alternative energy sources from fields of wind farms to towers of solar panels.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Solar Power O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This card contains essential facts about solar power.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: Ms Ess1 1: Earth Sun Moon System
Develop and use a model of the earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Eclipses Study Guide
Review the main concepts of both solar and lunar eclipses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 12.29 Renewable Resources
Learn how some renewable resources contribute to alternative energy sources.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: All About the Sun
Read about the sun, the source of its energy, solar activity, sunrise/sunset times, solar flares, and other interesting facts.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Astronomy: Eclipses
This site from the Astronomy Department of Cornell University provides brief introduction to both solar and lunar eclipses. Links are provided for pictures and charts of the eclipses, and this is a good site to check out on the subject.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Making a Sun Clock
Learn how to use the sun to tell time. This simple activity reinforces the concepts of light and shadow, night and day, time, and geographical north vs. magnetic north.
Kidport
Kidport Reference Library: Energy
A simple introduction to energy, offering information on hydro-electric energy, fossil fuels, nuclear power, solar energy, and wind energy.
Michigan Reach Out
Solar S'mores
Students can make s'mores without using a bonfire. This experiment is great to use with the links "Materials that Absorb Solar Energy" and "A Solar Heat Experiment."