Girls‘ Day 2012: Light and Bright Experiments
Project day on soalr energy for 15 girls aged 10-13 in two interlinked teaching modules
Teaching Module 1: Light and its energy
Module Element | Content | |
1.1 Lecture | Light and energy, the sun, solar technology (using spectral glasses) | |
1.2 Experiment | Building solar ovens with a parabolic reflector | |
1.3 Experiment | Solar heat - comparing sun and lamp light: identifiying the luminous emittance and its influence on water heating | |
1.4 Activity | Chocolate fondue from the so |
Teaching module 2: Storage of renewable energy
Module Element | Content | |
2.1 Lecture | Necessity of storing energy and its challenges | |
1.5 Experiment |
Experiments in the solar lab (repetition of content from teaching module 1):Solar energy for pump systems |
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1.6 Demonstration | Experiments in the solar lab (repetition of content from teaching module 1): Solar energy for pump systems |
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1.7 Demonstration |
Experiments in the solar lab (repetition of content from teaching module 1): |
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2.2 Group discussion | Further introduction: Storage of energy, example: fuel cells | |
2.3 Activity | Building model cars with hydrogen fuel cells | |
2.4 Experiment | Storing solar energy in hydrogen fuel cells | |
2.5 Activity | Race: Hydrogen fuel cell model cars |
Parallel to the project day:
Survey with the participants in guided interviews on
- their knowledge regarding sustainability and environmentalism
- the context of their knowledge acquisition
The project day from the viewpoint of a participant (German)
Team
M.A. Ina Roeder