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How do solar panels work? - Richard Komp

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Energy that is FINITE and will eventually dwindle and become expensive or environmentally hard to come by
Examples:

Fossil Fuels:

Coal

Petroleum/Oil

Natural Gas

Uranium

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http://www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/learning.html

Great site for students to look at and look at examples of renewable and non-renewable energies

http://www.energy.gov/science-innovation/energy-sources/renewable-energy

This site is a longer read but has data and information about our nations specific costs in energy. It is a good place for students to do further research.

http://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/arizona

This is the website for Solar Energy Industries Association

http://www.seia.org/research-resources/top-10-solar-states

Image of Top 10 Solar States

http://www.solarcity.com/commercial/how-does-solar-energy-work

Solar energy information like how it gets to your home and the costs of going solar are found on this website in easy to read articles.

Images:
10 Solar States: http://www.seia.org/research-resources/top-10-solar-states
Renewable Energy: http://www.revermont.org/resources/faqs/
Non-Renewable Energy: http://blog.glacialenergy.com/2012/10/23/tug-of-war-renewable-vs-non-renewable-energy/
http://www.123rf.com/photo_28753150_stock-illustration-icon-illustration-featuring-sources-of-non-renewable-energy-natural-gas-oil-coal-and-nuclear.html
Video:
TED Talks: https://youtu.be/xKxrkht7CpY
Solar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=HciKU63dLtA

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Energy that is collected from resources that are naturally replenished
Examples:

Wind

Sunlight

Rain

Tides/Waves

Geothermal Heat

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Standard:
MS-ESS3-3. | Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment
You are an inventor who is assigned to design a solar powered product that harnesses the sun’s energy.

Your job will be to sell your invention to the class by making an advertisement.

Advertisement is to be on an 11”x 8½” paper

Requirements for your ad:

Why is it important?

Why should we buy it?

How much will it cost?

Benefits of this product (List them)

Students will be designing a product that helps encourage solar energy use. they will use the information they gathered from this Padlet to persuade the class to buy their product. They will need to state why it is important to use solar energy and why it will benefit all parties involved.
This will get students to design, engineering design, and use the information they learned to inform others of solar energy use in their product. They will work in groups to ask a question about solar panels, imagine a solution/product, design and create the product and inform us about it.

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Why Solar Energy is Valuable for Arizona?

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Why Solar Energy is Valuable for Arizona?

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There are 375 solar companies in AZ, employing 6,922 people

There is enough solar energy to power 348,000 homes in Arizona

Arizona is ranked number 2 nationally in number of megawatts installed in the states.

We are a sunny state that will value Solar Energy!

It has increased drastically in the last 4 years

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Google has teamed up with Project Sunroof to bring solar panel estimates to the nation. On their site, you can get an estimate on how much you can save by using solar panel and you can see how much sunlight hits your roof.

Check it out here!
https://www.google.com/get/sunroof#p=0

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Solar Panels are made of photovoltaic cells (PV Cells) that convert sunlight into direct current (DC) electricity.

Direct Currents are converted by an inverter to alternating currents (AC)  electricity

The AC electricity is sent from the inverter to your electrical panel, or breaker box, so you can power all your electric needs like light or appliances.