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  • The Solar Car Book
    A complete kit for making a cool solar racecar. Everything is included: wheels, axles, motors, wires and a genuine one-volt solar cell.
    Primary School - Grades K-3
    P=Project   E=Experiment
    Measure the power of the sun. [E]
    Solar Energy Cost & Efficiency Science Fair Projects & Experiments
    Elementary School - Grades 4-6
    P=Project   E=Experiment
    How do different sizes, angles, and temperature affect the voltage of the solar panel? [P]
    Determine how varying the amount of light falling on the Frightened Grasshopper Solar-Powered Bug affects its level of movement. [E]
    Charge a supercapacitor with a solar panel, then measure how the charging time affects how long the supercapacitor can power a car's electric motor. [E]
    Can a spacecraft use solar panels at Saturn, Mars? [E] [E] [E]
    Measure the power of the sun (insolation). [E] [E]
    Build a solar toy car and explain its operation. [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [P]

    Solar Energy Cost & Efficiency Science Fair Projects & Experiments
    Middle School - Grades 7-9
    P=Project   E=Experiment
    Solar power harvesting using fruit dye solar cells [P]
    Determine the effect of the number of solar panels and distance between the lamp and the maglev on the voltage and speed of the solar-powered pulley system maglev train. [P] [P]
    Construct you own Solar Powered Radio [E]
    Solar Powered DC Electrical Motor: Directly and Indirectly Powered [E]
    Solar Powered Battery Charger Construction and Calculations [E]
    Investigate Solar Cell Parallel Circuits [E]
    Investigate Solar Cell Series Circuits [E]
    How Does Shading Affect the Power Output of Different Solar Panel Technologies (Monocrystalline, Amorphous)? [E]
    Developing a Passive Concentrator/Tracker for Photovoltaic Panels [E]
    Analyzing Solar Cell Efficiency When Using a Sun Tracker [E]
    Compare the photovoltaic energy generation capabilities of conductive glass-based and conductive polymer film-based Graetzel solar cells. [E]
    Can one or more solar panels be connected to produce enough energy to charge an iPhone in the same amount of time it would take to charge an iPhone from a USB port or an Apple Power Adapter? [E]
    Generate a direct current using solar cells to power an apparatus that desalinates enough water for an average person's use. [E]
    Use a solar car to discover if the position of the sun affects the power generated by solar panels. [E]
    The effect of the angle of incident light on the output power of a solar panel [E]
    See if juices from plants native to Humboldt County, when used as base materials in Graetzel photovoltaic solar cells, can generate electrical power. [E]
    Will the use of lenses improve the efficiency of a solar panel? [E] [E] [P]
    Can reflectors boost the electrical output of solar panels? [E] [E]
    Building and Testing a Solar Powered Car So That It Is Able to Run at Night [E]
    Determine if the angle of the sun affects the speed of a solar car [E]
    Measure the power of the sun (insolation). [E] [E] [E]
    Build a solar toy car and explain its operation. [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [P]
    The Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on the Performance of Solar Cells [E]
    How Does Solar Cell Output Vary with Incident Light Intensity? [E] [E]
    Effect of Direction and Tilt Angle of Solar Cells on Electrical Power Generated [E] [E] [E] [E] [P]
    Which type of light - fluorescent, incandescent, or halogen - would make a solar panel produce the most amount of light? [E]
    Which materials perform the best as enhancing reflectors for solar panels [E]
    Temperature effects on the energy developed by a solar panel (photovoltaic cell) [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [P]
    Testing the Effect of Dust on a Photovoltaic Cell's Output [E]
    Compare the electrical output of a solar panel in four different weather (cloudiness) conditions. [P]
    How is light affected by distance? [E] [E]
    How solar yard lights work? [E] [E]
    Demonstrate with a compass current production by a cell exposed to light. [E]
    How Adding Solar Panels Affects the Running Time and Distance Traveled by an Electric Go-kart [E]
    Solar Energy Cost & Efficiency Science Fair Projects & Experiments
    High School - Grades 10-12
    P=Project   E=Experiment
    Improving Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells Using Lead Phthalocyanine [P] [P]
    A Photoelectrochemical Cell to Obtain Hydrogen from Water with Visible Light [E]
    Test Photovoltaic Cells vs. Solar Thermal Energy (Stirling Engines) Efficiency [E] [E] [E]
    Can Solar Energy Systems Pay for Themselves with Utility Bill Savings? [E]
    Determine if dye-sensitized solar cells that implement berry pigments absorb more solar energy than dye-sensitized solar cells that implement leaf pigments. [E]
    Improve photovolatics by the construction of a modified Cassegrain reflector. [E]
    Investigate Grätzel photovoltaic cells. [E] [E]
    A solar panel will output different levels of power depending on the color and wavelength of the incoming light. [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
    An innovative passive high-precision photovoltaic panel tracking system [P]
    Is solar energy a non-polluting way of producing electricity? [E]
    How many solar cells would I need in order to provide all of the electricity that my house needs? [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
    Design a replacement electrolyte for the potassium iodide/iodine electrolyte in Grätzel type dye-sensitized photovoltaic cells using simpler materials [E] [E]
    Build a solar bicycle [E]
    An Experimental Study of a Fluorescent Solar Concentrator [E]
    Describe alternative energy sources and outline advantages and disadvantages of any source. [E] [E] [P]
    Solar Energy Cost & Efficiency Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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    The Solar Car Book
    A complete kit for making a cool solar racecar.
    Everything is included: wheels, axles, motors, wires and a genuine one-volt solar cell.





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