1.Have your science journal at your table

2.Title: Solar Energy3.Date: 02/10/154.Update your table of Contents

Wind Energy~ Day One

Solar EnergyExplain in your own words Solar Alternative NRG

Explain how Energy is made from the sun

Advantages/Disadvantages (Pro/Con) of having the Sun as an Alternative Energy

Vocabulary Connectionsol (Spanish) = sun

• solar - involving the sun

• parasol – an umbrella that protects you from the sun– Because it was very hot outside, the ladies at the picnic shaded

themselves from the sun with their parasols.

• Solarium - a room where one is exposed to sun light.

– Our plants grow best in the solarium because they get light every day.

• Why do we say our planets and moons are a part of the “solar system”?

Solar Energy

Active Solar Heating

Solar Collector

Glass on outside Absorbent on inside Circulating Fluid

Using solar energy to heat water…saves electricity!

How do you think this car uses solar energy to move?http://www.teslamotors.com/

What are the advantages of using solar energy to power cars?

What are some disadvantages?

Solar Energy

• Your teacher will show you an example of how to use light to generate electricity.

• In your notebook, sketch the model and label the parts to show how electricity is generated using solar power.

• In your notebook, write 2-3 sentences explaining how the car uses solar energy to make it go.

Choose 2 of these frames and complete in your journal:• My explanation of this is ___.• The key information in this is ___.• Overall, I can generally say that most of the

time __, and I believe that because ___.• Based on what this says and what I know, I

think ___.

Write About It

Solar Energy

Alternative Energy

DefinitionHow does it

make energy?Examples/

Picture

Hydroelectric      

Geothermal      

Wind      

BioMass      

Solar      

• You and your partner will complete the Solar Row in your Energy chart… You already have this saved….. Complete Row 5.

Solar Energy~ Day 2

Open your Research Document and complete a 5th form for Solar Energy.You will use the Symbaloo website from Mrs. Aldridge’s web page as part of your research.Remember to save your changes with the blue square in the top left corner of your screen.

Solar Energy

• http://youtu.be/NDZzAIcCQLQ

• Optional activity: Does the angle of the light affect the electrical production of a solar cell? (use a data logger instead of a mulitmeter.)

Solar Energy Research

• Use these links and the printed resources that your teacher provides to inform the public about solar energy.

• Include the same categories of information that you used to tell the public about hydropower.

Research links (This is a Symbaloo that has links to many different sites – not just wind turbines): http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/windturbinesites