Department of Energy
Video length 2 min.Learn more about Teaching Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness»
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High School: 3 Disciplinary Core Ideas
About Teaching Climate Literacy
7.3 Environmental quality.
4.1 Humans transfer and transform energy.
4.5 Electricity generation.
4.7 Different sources of energy have different benefits and drawbacks.
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About the Science
- A very clear visual and verbal explanation of how a PV panel works. Discusses light as a photon.
- Passed initial science review - expert science review pending.
About the Pedagogy
- The main message of the video is that PV systems generate power without pollution as they convert the sun's energy into electricity.
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Next Generation Science Standards See how this Video supports:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: 3
HS-PS3.D3:Solar cells are human-made devices that likewise capture the sun’s energy and produce electrical energy.
HS-PS4.B1:Electromagnetic radiation (e.g., radio, microwaves, light) can be modeled as a wave of changing electric and magnetic fields or as particles called photons. The wave model is useful for explaining many features of electromagnetic radiation, and the particle model explains other features.
HS-PS4.B3:Photoelectric materials emit electrons when they absorb light of a high-enough frequency