Girls‘ Day 2012: Light and Bright Experiments

Project day on soalr energy for 15 girls aged 10-13 in two interlinked teaching modules

Teaching Module 1: Light and its energy

Module Element Content
1.1 Lecture Light and energy, the sun, solar technology (using spectral glasses) 1.1 Vortrag
1.2 Experiment Building solar ovens with a parabolic reflector 1.2 Experiment
1.3 Experiment Solar heat - comparing sun and lamp light: identifiying the luminous emittance and its influence on water heating 1.3 Experiment11.3 Experiment2
1.4 Activity Chocolate fondue from the so 1.4 Aktion

 

Teaching module 2: Storage of renewable energy

Module Element Content  
2.1 Lecture Necessity of storing energy and its challenges 2.1 Vortrag
1.5 Experiment

Experiments in the solar lab (repetition of content from teaching module 1):Solar energy for pump systems
 

1.1 Vortrag
1.6 Demonstration Experiments in the solar lab (repetition of content from teaching module 1):
Solar energy for pump systems
1.6 Vorführung
1.7 Demonstration

Experiments in the solar lab (repetition of content from teaching module 1):
Light spectrum

1.7 Vorführung
2.2 Group discussion Further introduction: Storage of energy, example: fuel cells 2.2 Gruppengespräch
2.3 Activity Building model cars with hydrogen fuel cells 2.3 Experiment
2.4 Experiment Storing solar energy in hydrogen fuel cells 2.4 Experiment
2.5 Activity Race: Hydrogen fuel cell model cars 2.5 Aktion

Parallel to the project day:

Survey with the participants in guided interviews on

  1. their knowledge regarding sustainability and environmentalism
  2. the context of their knowledge acquisition

 

 


The project day from the viewpoint of a participant (German)

Team

M.A. Ina Roeder