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Because the Sun is the largest object in the system and all the other bodies orbit around it, it became known as the Solar system. What is the Solar System? At the center of the Solar System is the Sun. This is but one of billions of stars in the sky, but is important to us as it gives us warmth and energy for us to use.
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- ENERGY
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- SOLAR COLLECTORS
- A solar collector
- SOLAR SPACE HEATING
- SOLAR WATER HEATING
- SOLAR ELECTRICITY
- Dish/Engine Systems are like satellite
- Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy ENERGY EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Exploring Solar Energy Student Guide
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Heating with solar energy is not as easy as you might think. Capturing sunlight and putting it to work is difficult because the solar energy that reaches the earth is spread out over a large area. The amount of solar energy an area receives depends on the time of day, the season of the year, the cloudiness of the sky, and how close you are to the e...
is one way to capture sunlight and change it into usable heat energy. A closed car on a sunny day is like a solar collector. As sunlight passes through the car's windows, it is absorbed by the seat covers, walls, and floor of the car. The absorbed energy changes into heat. The car's windows let radiant energy in, but they don't let all the heat out...
Space heating means heating the space inside a building. Today, many homes use solar energy for space heating. A passive solar home is designed to let in as much sunlight as possible. It is like a big solar collector. Sunlight passes through the windows and heats the walls and floor inside the house. The light can get in, but the heat is trapped in...
Solar energy can be used to heat water. Heating water for bathing, dishwashing, and clothes washing is the second biggest home energy cost. A solar water heater works a lot space heating. In our hemisphere, solar collector is mounted on south side of a roof where it can capture sunlight. The sunlight heats water and stores it in a tank. The hot wat...
Solar energy can also be used to produce electricity. Two ways to make electricity from solar energy are photovoltaics and solar thermal systems. Photovoltaic comes from the words photo meaning light and volt, a measurement of electricity. Photovoltaic cells are also called PV cells or solar cells for short. You are probably familiar with photovolt...
dishes that concentrate sunlight rather than signals, with a heat engine located at the focal point to generate electricity. These generators are small mobile units that can be operated individually or in clusters, in urban and remote locations.
technologies require a continuous supply of strong sunlight, like that found in hot dry regions such as deserts. Developing countries with increasing electricity demand will probably be the first to use CSP technologies on a large scale. Solar energy has great potential for the future. Solar energy is free and its supplies are unlimited. It does no...
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• Exploring Our Solar System by Sally Ride and Tam O'Shaughnessy (Ages 9-12) • Gravity by Jason Chin (Ages 6-9) • Little Kids' First Big Book of Space by National Geographic Kids (Ages 4-8)
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Jul 28, 2019 · This book covers the basic principles of physics and makes a nice introduction to physics for early grades in science disciplines, and a good lead into school projects by introducing some of the facts of physics.
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM The sun is the center of our solar system. The sun is a star. It is a ball of hot, glowing gases. It is the closest star to Earth. Our sun is the only star we can see during the day. At night we can see many stars in the dark sky. Some stars are bigger than our sun and other stars are smaller. These stars are so
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A finished product from this lesson (investigations 1-3) could be a collage done by the students of the whole Solar System, illustrating all the concepts they’ve learned. REFLECTION • Did I meet my learning objectives? • Are the children moving on with their science/maths skills? • Can the children describe how to measure distance ...
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Solar energy is any type of energy generated by the sun. Solar energy is created by nuclear fusion that takes place in the sun. Fusion occurs when protons of hydrogen atoms violently collide in the sun’s core and fuse to create a helium atom. This process, known as a PP (proton-proton) chain reaction, emits an enormous amount of energy.
