SOLAR ENERGY Module
This module consists of investigations that allow students to experience solar energy firsthand and to investigate the variables that affect solar energy transfer.
The students will:
* Become aware of the potential of solar energy as an alternative energy source to fossil fuels
* Observe differences in size/position of shadows as a result of the relative positions of Earth & Sun
* Gain experience using a compass to orient objects on Earth
* Become proficient in using a thermometer to monitor temperature change
* Observe solar-energy transfer
* Relate the rate and amount of temperature change to variables involved in energy transfer
* Design solor water heaters and passive solar space heaters
* Apply mathematics in the context of science
* Acquire vocabulary associated with solar energy and transfer
* Use scientific thinking processes to conduct investigations and build explanations
