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Elementary School - Grades 4-6
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How do different sizes, angles, and temperature affect the voltage of the solar panel?
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Determine how varying the amount of light falling on the Frightened Grasshopper Solar-Powered Bug affects its level of movement.
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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.
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Can a spacecraft use solar panels at Saturn, Mars?
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Measure the power of the sun (insolation).
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Build a solar toy car and explain its operation.
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Solar Energy Cost & Efficiency Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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Solar power harvesting using fruit dye solar cells
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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.
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Construct you own Solar Powered Radio
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Solar Powered DC Electrical Motor: Directly and Indirectly Powered
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Solar Powered Battery Charger Construction and Calculations
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Investigate Solar Cell Parallel Circuits
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Investigate Solar Cell Series Circuits
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How Does Shading Affect the Power Output of Different Solar Panel Technologies (Monocrystalline, Amorphous)?
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Developing a Passive Concentrator/Tracker for Photovoltaic Panels
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Analyzing Solar Cell Efficiency When Using a Sun Tracker
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Compare the photovoltaic energy generation capabilities of conductive glass-based and conductive polymer film-based Graetzel solar cells.
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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?
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Generate a direct current using solar cells to power an apparatus that desalinates enough water for an average person's use.
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Use a solar car to discover if the position of the sun affects the power generated by solar panels.
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The effect of the angle of incident light on the output power of a solar panel
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See if juices from plants native to Humboldt County, when used as base materials in Graetzel photovoltaic solar cells, can generate electrical power.
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Will the use of lenses improve the efficiency of a solar panel?
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Can reflectors boost the electrical output of solar panels?
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Building and Testing a Solar Powered Car So That It Is Able to Run at Night
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Determine if the angle of the sun affects the speed of a solar car
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Measure the power of the sun (insolation).
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Build a solar toy car and explain its operation.
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The Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on the Performance of Solar Cells
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How Does Solar Cell Output Vary with Incident Light Intensity?
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Effect of Direction and Tilt Angle of Solar Cells on Electrical Power Generated
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Which type of light - fluorescent, incandescent, or halogen - would make a solar panel produce the most amount of light?
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Which materials perform the best as enhancing reflectors for solar panels
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Temperature effects on the energy developed by a solar panel (photovoltaic cell)
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Testing the Effect of Dust on a Photovoltaic Cell's Output
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Compare the electrical output of a solar panel in four different weather (cloudiness) conditions.
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How is light affected by distance?
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How solar yard lights work?
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Demonstrate with a compass current production by a cell exposed to light.
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How Adding Solar Panels Affects the Running Time and Distance Traveled by an Electric Go-kart
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Solar Energy Cost & Efficiency Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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High School - Grades 10-12
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Improving Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells Using Lead Phthalocyanine
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A Photoelectrochemical Cell to Obtain Hydrogen from Water with Visible Light
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Test Photovoltaic Cells vs. Solar Thermal Energy (Stirling Engines) Efficiency
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Can Solar Energy Systems Pay for Themselves with Utility Bill Savings?
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Determine if dye-sensitized solar cells that implement berry pigments absorb more solar energy than dye-sensitized solar cells that implement leaf pigments.
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Improve photovolatics by the construction of a modified Cassegrain reflector.
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Investigate Grätzel photovoltaic cells.
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A solar panel will output different levels of power depending on the color and wavelength of the incoming light.
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An innovative passive high-precision photovoltaic panel tracking system
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Is solar energy a non-polluting way of producing electricity?
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How many solar cells would I need in order to provide all of the electricity that my house needs?
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Design a replacement electrolyte for the potassium iodide/iodine electrolyte in Grätzel type dye-sensitized photovoltaic cells using simpler materials
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Build a solar bicycle
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An Experimental Study of a Fluorescent Solar Concentrator
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Describe alternative energy sources and outline advantages and disadvantages of any source.
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Solar Energy Cost & Efficiency Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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Useful Links
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Solar Cell (Photovoltaics) Background.
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Photovoltaics Timelines
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Photovoltaic Glossaries
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Solar Cells and Photovoltaics Resources
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Renewable Energy Resources
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Electricity Basics
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Electronics Tutorials and Circuits
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Electrical Safety
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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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