Science Projects To Do With Solar Panels

Solar science to be exact.

Science projects to do with solar panels. Scroll down to get going. Project display for making efficient use of solar panels hypothesis. Place the cubes outside in your backyard on a sunny but not too hot day. One way to store the solar energy for later use is to use a solar cell to charge something called a capacitor.

From the california energy commission. Lenses used on solar panels. Other links to solar energy science project ideas. Place one cube directly in the sun and the other in full shade.

Main science project page. The capacitor stores the energy as an electric field which can be tapped into at any time in or out of light. 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.

I believe that using bi convex lenses which concentrate a beam of light will improve the efficiency of a solar panel. These long summer days call for kiddie pools and ice cream but they also call out for kids science. The following easy science experiments for kids will help them look at the sun in a whole new light.