Science Experiments Using Solar Panels

Science fair project idea.

Science experiments using solar panels.

These long summer days call for kiddie pools and ice cream but they also call out for kids science. Experiment with solar power by building your own solar powered robot or oven or by testing ways to speed up an existing solar car. Take both groups indoors at 3 26 p m when the sun s rays are still strongly contacting with the solar panels and the bi convex lenses. Fill each cup with the same amount of liquid of the same cool temperature.

For each solar panel make contact between red and black test lead with the end wires of the 220 ohm resistor. Solar science to be exact. Scroll down to get going. One way to store the solar energy for later use is to use a solar cell to charge something called a capacitor.

Solar cells are devices that can be used as a source of power when there is light shining on them but they stop producing energy when they are not in the light. Cover one of the glasses on white paper with plastic. Or analyze how solar cells or panels work. The following easy science experiments for kids will help them look at the sun in a whole new light.

The capacitor stores the energy as an electric field which can be tapped into at any time in or out of light. Record amount of resistance in ohms for both groups.