The purpose of this WW page is to allow sharing of Solar Energy resources among the participants in the Solar Energy OLPD. Post links, images videos etc

Check out this factsheet on solar energy!

solar maps for United States are at this URL

Check out this site for data on daily global solar exposure graphs for australia: http://www.bom.gov.au/sat/solrad.shtml
cool stuff from Geoff's webinar

I was impressed by the Desert Knowledge Australia site that we visited briefly in yesterday's presentation. http://dkasolarcentre.com.au

Rayner Says - Solar box cookers are an excellent educational tool

Rayner again try redflow to look at their new batteries and electricity storeage systems

Here is a page with information about solar cookers - you could build one/some and cook at school.

Here is a great website for lesson plans on Energy, including solar!

The following websites are lessons that can assist teaching Solar Energy. Also, don't forget that you could incorporate solar into Literacy activities!

See the following site:

A short animation of a solar shower.

For Senior students,windmill blades using chainsaw blades, wind powered battery chargers etc

http://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/default.asp

This is a fun project for the younger ones or junior high, to build a model solar car.

This is a great video in explaining the chemistry of PV solar cells.