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Website
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Super Solar Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
An understandable description of modern research that is currently being conducted to develop a more efficient photovoltaic (solar energy) cell. It also contains links to other pages on renewable energy sources.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Photovoltaics

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explaining what photovoltaic cells are, their role in solar energy, how they work, how electricity is produced, and applications of this technology. (Published: April 24, 2010)
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: How Do Solar Panels Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
We've seen them for years on rooftops, atop highway warning signs, and elsewhere, but how many of us know how solar panels actually work? How do the photovoltaic cells that lie at the heart of them turn sunlight ("photo") into...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Solar Speedway

For Students 6th - 8th
Solar power is hot these days. Gleaming, black solar panels soak up rays on more and more rooftops of homes and businesses providing a clean, alternative source of heat and electricity. You might guess that different times of the day...
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Website
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Positive Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
A novel idea for converting solar energy to electrical energy. A brief discussion of solar energy collection in space via satellites.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Methods of Generating Electricity

For Students 3rd - 8th
Provides brief descriptions of the different methods used to generate electricity.

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