In the Solar School, you are encouraged to learn by taking part in projects and activities. Some of these are running within Australia, while some give you the opportunity to work with students and teachers across the world.
The projects may involve doing research in your library about a particular topic, or maybe taking measurements of data (such as sunshine intensity) within your school or community. You can then share your findings with others and discuss different aspects of the project with students in other schools. In this way, learning becomes "global".
This page also gives access to some example activity sheets, which teachers may use as part of class activities. In addition to those put together by the Solar School team, others have been collected from teachers around the world.
To take part in discussions about any of the projects or activities, please make a contribution to the MeetingSpace discussion area if you are on-line.
If you are in any doubt as to what you should be doing, please ask your teacher, or contact the Solar School team.
Now click below to go to your new or current project:
Sunshine Across the World
Use photovoltaic technology to measure sunshine data from your area and
share with students across the world.
Sam and Terry go Solar
Put yourself in Sam and Terry's shoes and tell us how your ideal eco-friendly
house would look.
Example Activity Sheets Suggested activities related
to Solar School themes.
How Far and How Big is the
Sun?
Olympic Solar Energy
Solar Eclipse
Solar Powered
Cars
Photosynthesis
Batteries and Electric Cars
Oz Projects
'98
The Australian Educational Calendar of telecommunications activities designed
for K-12 students. Includes an ozone-measuring activity.
Project Atmosphere
Australia on-line
Students forecast, measure and write about the impact of weather on the
lives and livlihoods of members of their community. Possibility for integrating
with Sunshine projects.
International
Weather project
Share weather data with 25 international schools across Europe
Ollie
ReCycles
A range of activities centred around re-cycling.
Energy Conservation
Project
Did you ever wonder what would happen if we ran out of all the electricity
in the world? Think of all the things that wouldn't work: lights, computers,
medical equipment, refridgerators. You can probably think of a thousand other
things that wouldn't be possible without electricity. But could we ever really
run out of electricity? Through this Co-NECT Conservation Project, we hope
to explore this question while we also look at ways to conserve energy to
insure that we never run out.
How Energy Efficient
is your classroom?
Our class also wants to construct experiments to measure the energy efficiency
of our classroom. We will use simple measuring equipment (for eg. a thermometer),
and are hoping for your co-operation in running the same experiments in your
classroom so we can compare results. An Ozzie cooperative project
from WA. E-mail for further
information.
Energy
Thematic Unit
Energize your students with the exciting world of energy! Two collaborative
energy projects from the USA
The Energy
Debate
Debate the pros and cons of different sources of energy with students in
the USA.
School Energy
Conservation Survey
Join in with an interrnational survey to see how to improve your school's
energy efficiency.
Energy: what about
renewable energies and what are the risks and dangers of atomic
energy?
Discuss this and more with year 11 students from Germany.
Home
Heating
Students will collect, compare and graph energy data, assisting them in
the understanding of the subject as well as the reasons for the selection
of those forms of energy. Students will also learn more about the areas
contacted, as well as supplementing math and computer skills. For younger
students.
The Virtual Trike
Trek
Trike Trek's content covers many subject areas. There are basic lessons
in some of the world's most widely spoken languages. Maps and photos are
integrated with thought provoking questions and problem solving exercises.
Social studies students will find a wealth of cultural
information and the opportunity for real interaction. Young people in over
30 countries will contribute digital postcards, sharing a little of their
lives and inviting ongoing correspondence with your students. Science
classes will be interested in my trike itself, especially the
solar setup which provides power for computer, lights, and music. Students
can e-mail questions to me, which I'll investigate for them, reporting back
in the next dispatch.
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