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A Solar Energy Science Unit
For Students In grades 9 through 12

These pages are available in Adobe PDF by clicking on on the links below. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download the program by clicking here.

This unit was developed by the Florida Solar Energy Center, a research institute of the University of Central Florida. The purpose of this unit is to create an awareness of the power of solar energy, the importance of it in our lives, and its impact on the future of energy development

Sun and Energy
- Electromagnetic Spectrum
  - Laboratory Manual
Solar Thermal
- Solar Still
  - Laboratory Manual
- Survival Still
  - Laboratory Manual
- What’s Cooking?
  - Cooking Tips and Recipes
  - Laboratory Manual
- What’s Cooking 2
  - Laboratory Manual
- What's Cooking 3
  - Lboratory Manual
Photovoltaics
- Solar Power For Sun Town
- Solar Powered System
  - Laboratory Manual
Photovoltaics - Advanced Exercises
- Photovoltaic Power Output & I-V Curves
  - Laboratory Manual
- Photovoltaic Orientation & Power Output
  - Laboratory Manual
- Irradiance, Temperature & PV Output
  - Laboratory Manual
- Series and Parallel Circuits
  - Laboratory Manual
- Effect of Shading on a Photovoltaic Module
  - Laboratory Manual
Photovoltaics - Data Acquisition
- Solar Powered System - 2
  - Laboratory Manual
- Good Day Sunshine!
  - Laboratory Manual
The Hydrogen Link

Electrolysis and Fuel Cells
- Laboratory Manual
Fuel Cells – Futuristic Battery
- Laboratory Manual

Solar Power!
- Triangle Game
  - Game Rules/Instructions
  - Game Board
  - Game Pieces
- Solar History
  - Time Line
  - Laboratory Manual

Compiled and written by:
Susan Schleith
Penny Hall

Individual pages from this web site may be printed and duplicated for
student classroom use provided that proper credit is given to
the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC).