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Montana Green Power

Your Guide to Renewable Energy in Montana

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

Connections + Science: Solar Energy
www.mcrel.org/resources/plus/science/solar.asp

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

Energy Quest
www.energy.ca.gov/education/index.html

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

Florida Solar Energy Center Teacher Resources
www.fsec.ucf.edu/Ed/Teachers/index.htp

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
irec.solarhost.com/goingsolar_about/index.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/index.htm

New Mexico Solar Energy Association
www.nmsea.org/

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

Solar Dome
www.solardome.com

Solar Energy Industries Association
www.seia.org/solar_energy/

Solstice
solstice.crest.org/index.shtml

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

Texas Solar Energy Society
www.txses.org/

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

The Sun’s Joules
www.crest.org/articles/static/1/993447391_982708661.html

Solar Electric Power Association: Schools Going Solar
www.solarelectricpower.org/going_solar/schools.cfm

Federal Government Resources

DOE Office of Power Technologies
www.eren.doe.gov/power/

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
www.eren.doe.gov/RE/solar.html

Energy Smart Schools Teaching Resources
www.eren.doe.gov/energysmartschools/teach_stuff.html

Million Solar Roofs
www.eren.doe.gov/millionroofs/

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

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

The Solar Now Project
www.eren.doe.gov/solarnow/

Solar in Schools

Colorado Solar Schools Program
www.state.co.us/oemc/pubs/schools/solar.htm

Global Solar Partners: Projects Showcase
www.solarpartners.org/showcase.html

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

Maryland Solar Schools Program
www.energy.state.md.us/programs/solarschools.html

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

Schools Going Solar
www.solarelectricpower.org/going_solar/schools.cfm

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
www.classroom.com/edsoasis/TGuild/Lessons/Energy.html

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

KEEP Activity Guide
www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/publications/guide.htm

Olympic Solar Energy
www.pbs.org/ktca/newtons/14/olympicsolar09.html

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

North Carolina Solar Center: Solar Activities for Students
www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/fact/25body.htm

Solar Exchange Unit
www.solarpartners.org/download.html

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

Solar Matters: A Solar Energy Science Unit for Intermediate Students in
Grades 4 Through 8
www.fsec.ucf.edu/ed/sm/Index.htm

Solar Powered Cars
www.pbs.org/ktca/newtons/9/solarcar.html

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

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SOLAR RESOURCES

2001 Solar Demo Homes
Solar Power Initiative
Montana Solar Dealers
Ag Solar

Solar Books

Photovoltaics
Solar Water Heating
Solar Power Links

Solar in Schools

PV Residential Demonstration    

Solar Projects

 

 

 

 

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