Transcript Slide 1

Solar Science
and Solar
Energy:
Guiding
Questions
What is the Sun?
What are the major
characteristics of the Sun?
What is the Sun-Earth
Connection?
Which energy on Earth
comes from the Sun?
How are magnetism and
electricity connected?
What is the electromagnetic
spectrum?
Low Energy
Waves
High Energy
Waves
How does energy change
forms?
How does a circuit work?
How does a photovoltaic cell
work?
What does solar energy
contribute to our way of life?