The Power of Solar Energy

Other Resources

If you’re interested in investigating solar energy topics in more detail, check out the following resources!

Links

American Solar Energy Society
www.ases.org

Arizona Solar Center Solar Education Links and Resources
www.azsolarcenter.com/education/edlinks.html

DOE Office Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
www.eere.energy.gov

The Energy Story
www.energy.ca.gov/education/story/story-html/story.html#table

Florida Solar Energy Center
www.fsec.ucf.edu/

From Oil Wells to Solar Cells: A Renewable Energy Primer
www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/Primer/from_oil_wells_to_solar_cells.htm

Going SOLAR Model Education Kit
/www.irecusa.org/goingsolar/kit.html

How Stuff Works: How Solar Cells Work
www.howstuffworks.com/solar-cell.htm

Interstate Renewable Energy Council
http://www.irecusa.org/

Montana Green Power: Solar Power
www.montanagreenpower.com/solar/index.html

National Energy Education Development (NEED)
www.need.org

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
www.nrel.gov

New Mexico Solar Energy Association
www.nmsea.org/

Renewable Energy Factsheets
www.infinitepower.org/factsheets.htm

Sandia National Laboratory Photovoltaics Program
www.sandia.gov/pv/lib.htm

Solar Energy Industries Association
www.seia.org/

The Sun's Joules
www.learningteam.org/htmls/sunsjoules.html

Teacher’s Energy Resources
www.montanagreenpower.com/solar/schools/teachers.html

Texas Solar Energy Society
www.txses.org/

Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP)
www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/

Solar in Schools

Colorado Solar Schools Program
www.state.co.us/oemc/publications/solar_schools_program.htm

Learning from Light! School Projects
www.aep.com/environmental/education/solar/default.htm

Montana Sun4Schools Project
www.montanagreenpower.com/solar/schools/sun4schools.html

Watts On Schools
www.wattsonschools.com/

Other Solar/Energy Curriculums and Lesson Plans

Alliance to Save Energy Green Schools: Educator Lesson Plans
www.ase.org/educators/download.htm

Energy Pathways: SunChaser2 Curriculum
www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/nmsea_energy_pathways_sunchaser2.html

Get Smart about Energy! K-12 Energy Lessons and Activities
www.eere.energy.gov/education/lessonplans/

Renewable Energy Lesson Plans
www.infinitepower.org/lessonplans.htm

North Carolina Solar Center: Students and Teachers
www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/resources_by_sector/teachers_and_students.cfm

Solar Energy Unit: Can You Harness the Power of the Sun?
qjhs.qps.org/science/teacher/solar.htm

Solar Matters
www.fsec.ucf.edu/ed/sm1/index.htm

Solar Matters II
www.fsec.ucf.edu/ed/sm2/index.htm

Solar Wonders: A Solar Energy Science Unit for Secondary Students
www.fsec.ucf.edu/ed/sw/

Stanford Solar Center Lesson Plans
solar-center.stanford.edu/teachers/lessons.html

Tucson Unified School District Solar Curriculum Module
instech.tusd.k12.az.us/environment/index.htm

Watts on Schools: Activities
www.wattsonschools.com/activities.htm

Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP)
www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/

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