Science Projects To Do With Solar Panels

From the california energy commission.

Science projects to do with solar panels.

In this electronics science project you will use parts of a solar car to experiment with the energy storage read more. Solar science to be exact. Scroll down to get going. Have your child make a guess on which cube will melt faster.

The following easy science experiments for kids will help them look at the sun in a whole new light. As the one in the sun turns into a puddle first explain that the heat energy from the sun made it melt faster. Place the cubes outside in your backyard on a sunny but not too hot day. These long summer days call for kiddie pools and ice cream but they also call out for kids science.

I believe that using bi convex lenses which concentrate a beam of light will improve the efficiency of a solar panel. A pdf document that includes solar energy projects for a solar air heater a solar water heater a solar hot dog cooker and effects of amount and wavelength of light on a solar cell. Amount of voltage current and resistance. Main science project page.

One way to store the solar energy for later use is to use a solar cell to charge something called a capacitor. Other links to solar energy science project ideas. The capacitor stores the energy as an electric field which can be tapped into at any time in or out of light.