Solar Town
Description
This activity introduces students to basic circuitry and to how energy flows through a system. Students will work individually to build their own Solar Houses, then join together to connect them into a Solar Town. Students will also engage in the Solar Scavenger Hunt to understand how solar panels work and how to make them operate most efficiently. Students will apply this knowledge and use basic electrical engineering skills to design and build an electrical system that is powered by their solar panel.
Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Ideas
- ETS1.A Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem
- ETS1.B Developing Possible Solutions
- ETS1.C Optimizing the Design Solution
- ETS1.3
- ETS1.2
- PS3.A Definitions of Energy
- PS3.B Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
Cross Cutting Concepts
- Cause and Effect
- Patterns
- Influence of Engineering, Technology, and Science on Society and the Natural World
- Energy and Matter
- Interdependence of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson students will be able to