This consultant report for the California Energy Commission is to provide tools and guidelines for the installer to help ensure that residential photovoltaic power systems are properly specified and installed, resulting...

This lesson provides an introduction to the use of the sun's energy. Topics include the history of solar energy usage and its more recent adaptations. There is also discussion of how the sun produces and radiates energy,...

This resource, from the Pembina Institute, is part of a collection of hands-on projects on the topic of renewable energy. The page provides turn-key directions for a project to build a solar oven in secondary classrooms....

This is an extensive site if you are looking for student activities and classroom projects in the area of renewable energy. It includes plans, tools, and information to do renewable energy and conservation projects. The...

Another great student project, created by Make Magazine, is these solar insect robots. One of the great things about these little bots is that you can make them from scavenged materials. Use parts from broken electronics...