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This experiment, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, covers Shape Memory Alloys or Smart Materials. A Smart Material or Shape Memory Alloys belongs to a class of materials which displays the shape memory effect (SME); they possess the ability to radically change...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on deep cycle batteries and charge controllers. After the lesson, students will be able to predict, measure, and explain electric...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on the solar design software Helioscope. Helioscope uses a web based interface to create 3D models for shade analysis and helps...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on PVWatts and internet research. In the lesson, students work with data tables, graphs, and assessments. The collection is...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, covers the concept of solar ovens. In this lesson, students will learn how "thermal energy flows from the hot air to the cold water via conduction and will indicate that this would continue to happen until the water...

This activity, from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), provides an introduction to the balance of system equipment and system design for solar photovoltaic panels. During the activity students will learn: How solar PV systems can be...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on the use of silicon in solar photovoltaic panels. The collection is composed of four documents. Documents include an...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on the performance of solar PV modules. The collection is composed of five documents and a video. The documents include an...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on solar PV modules and tools. The collection is composed of five documents and a video. The documents include an instructor's...

In this 14-page activity, provided by the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), students take measurements and calculations on the electricity produced by the sunlight hitting a solar panel. Basic solar panel performance characteristics are measured...