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Renewable Energy: Solar (MS)

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PEI

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June 27, 2023

  • Type: SOLS
  • Standards: Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
  • Topic: Energy
  • Grades/Bands: 6th-8th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Students explore how light energy interacts with materials and how light energy can be transformed into energy for heating and cooling. Students design a solar water heater and explore how products like this can reduce carbon emissions to mitigate climate change.

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