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Survival Still
Students explain how to desalinate water using solar energy. In this solar lesson students complete a lab activity and explain capillary water.
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What's Cooking
Students complete a solar radiation activity. In this solar radiation lesson, students complete an experiment to learn about solar radiation. Students make solar tea by using the energy of the Sun to brew tea.
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Electrolysis of Water
Ninth graders examine the electrolysis of water by completing an experiment. In this water lesson students will explain how hydrogen can be extracted from water and how energy flows through an electrolysis system.
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Mini Rockets
Students explore gases. For this chemical energy lesson, students will observer chemical reactions and infer a conclusion about reaction producing gasses.
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Solar Cell Simulation
Second graders describe how energy moves from the Sun to the photovoltaic cell to the wire and to the load. In this solar cell simulation instructional activity, 2nd graders demonstrate the movement of photons and electrons to emulate...
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Rain Machine (Solar Still)
Students experiment with a solar still. In this distillation lesson, students find a simple way to use evaporation to make salty water drinkable.
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Conservation Connection
Students work in groups to create a script for a one minute commercial on how to conserve our reusable energy sources. When the scripts are written, explain to the students that a story board is similar to a cartoon.
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Florida Dept. Of Education: Conservation of Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
In this learning module, students learn to differentiate between renewable and nonrenewable resources, and identify resources that fit into each category. It explains the environmental effects of using nonrenewable resources, such as...