About This Lesson
This module from the U.S. Department of Energy addresses issues dealing with the energy from the sun, the energy needs of students in the classroom and our energy needs as a nation. Students will use a photovoltaic (PV) cell to measure the energy from the sun. Using a light bulb, the students will illuminate the bulb using a PV cell. An alternative way for the students to calculate the energy coming from the PV cell is to measure the voltage and the current output from the PV cell across a resistor and use the equation P = IV to calculate the power produced.
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