https://padlet.com/mackncheese01/4qzz0jo5ckuu Hi, students! Look through this Padlet to get familiar with solar energy. en-us 2016-10-01 22:19:53 UTC 2016-10-03 00:30:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png mackncheese01 https://padlet.com/mackncheese01/4qzz0jo5ckuu/wish/127699833 Watch this video from Best Energy Power to learn how solar energy is harnessed!]]> 2016-10-01 22:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mackncheese01/4qzz0jo5ckuu/wish/127699833 mackncheese01 https://padlet.com/mackncheese01/4qzz0jo5ckuu/wish/127699938 This map shows the sunniest places in the country. Yuma, Arizona gets more sunshine than anywhere else in the country! Yuma alone could generate enough solar energy to support 80% of the world's energy use. With this kind of sunshine at our disposal, Arizonans need to take advantage of it! Solar is a great alternative to fossil fuels because it is a sustainable and clean energy source. The initial cost of implementing solar can be expensive, but it pays for itself after several years of productivity.  

This map courtesy of solarpanelsindustry.com]]> 2016-10-01 22:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mackncheese01/4qzz0jo5ckuu/wish/127699938 mackncheese01 https://padlet.com/mackncheese01/4qzz0jo5ckuu/wish/127701210 AZCCRR: Grade 3.C3.PO.3 Compare the results of an investigation to predictions made prior to the investigation.

We will begin with a read-aloud of Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale by Gerald McDermott. The book is a folktale about why the sun is important to all people. After reading the book, the class will discuss the purposes the sun serves for them. When a student offers that the sun provides energy or heat. This will be our segue into our solar exploration. 

Students will watch a video about how solar energy works and as a class we will make a solar oven out of a pizza box and tin foil to make s'mores. The students will hypothesize about what is happening while we wait for the s'mores to cook. When the heat energy from the sun has cooked our s'mores, the students may eat their treats while we discuss the process that took place, review the student's hypotheses and add corrections or additional information to their activity sheets. We will also talk about some of the problems with solar energy. For instance, would our oven have worked if we had done it at night? On a cloudy day? As a final evaluation, students will write and draw an exit ticket about why solar energy is a great energy option and what solar panel invention they would create if they were solar engineers. ]]> 2016-10-01 23:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mackncheese01/4qzz0jo5ckuu/wish/127701210 mackncheese01 https://padlet.com/mackncheese01/4qzz0jo5ckuu/wish/127701408 Here is an example of a solar oven from Education.com. This will be our goal in the classroom to demonstrate how we can harness the energy of the sun to help us create goods and services!]]> 2016-10-01 23:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mackncheese01/4qzz0jo5ckuu/wish/127701408 mackncheese01 https://padlet.com/mackncheese01/4qzz0jo5ckuu/wish/127762948 1. The sun shines on your solar panels, generating electricity.
2. The electricity is converted, and used to power the appliances in your home.
3. Extra energy travels to the main power grid for other houses to use.
4. Solar energy is clean, that means it doesn't emit any CO2 into the atmosphere causing harm to the Ozone. It also is unlimited. As long as we have the sun, our solar panels will keep providing us with renewable energy!

Info provided by: http://www.energymatters.com.au/education/solar-kids-teens/]]> 2016-10-03 00:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mackncheese01/4qzz0jo5ckuu/wish/127762948