Science Experiments Using Solar Panels

Fill each cup with the same amount of liquid of the same cool temperature.

Science experiments using solar panels.

These long summer days call for kiddie pools and ice cream but they also call out for kids science. For each solar panel make contact between red and black test lead with the end wires of the 220 ohm resistor. Measure the water temperature and set one cup on each paper. The following easy science experiments for kids will help them look at the sun in a whole new light.

Or analyze how solar cells or panels work. Experiment with solar power by building your own solar powered robot or oven or by testing ways to speed up an existing solar car. 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. Have a discussion and make predictions about what you think will happen to the water in each glass.

Solar science to be exact. Science fair project idea. 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.

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