Are you looking for a home-school science project? Are you interested in learning outcomes in solar science? Do you want to show your students a critical energy source for the 21st century? Do you like hands-on projects? Do you want to save our planet? If your answer to these questions is yes, build a solar panel for your home-school science project.

Learning outcomes from your solar project

Your home-schooled students can learn lessons that will last a lifetime. Using this project as the core for a unit on solar energy, they will learn about:

• Properties of conductors
• Properties of insulators
• Properties of semi-conductors
• How solar panels produce electricity
• How to build a solar panel
• Practical applications for solar energy

It will be a wonderful learning experience for you, your family and your home-school class. Everyone will learn important solar power concepts, and you'll put these concepts to practical use. You'll show how solar energy can be transformed into electricity sufficient to power small appliances in your home. And you'll save money on electricity.

You'll reduce your carbon footprint and help save planet earth. The lessons you and your home-school class learn will last a lifetime. For some, this project may provide motivation to enter a new and exciting career in solar energy.

How to get started

Building a solar panel sounds like a complicated project. But it is not. Make sure to get the best guidance materials you can. Study your materials carefully. Become thoroughly familiar with each step. The materials you'll need are easily available. Your guidance documents help you prepare a list of everything you'll need.

Where to get more information