Reflections with an Engineer

Black and White photo of a sunny child's playground with a curved slide and an arched bridge between two platforms.
Lesson Phenomena: Solar Power Cooling Structures

Review the phenomenon showing a time lapse of a solar panels added to a parking structure. Review the engineering design process. Have students share their structures, data, and improvements they would make.

Learning Goals:

  1. Students will reflect on how their structure and solar technology changed the Sun’s effect on the  Earth’s surface 
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  • Student’s Structure

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Lesson 7 of 7 / Time: 30 Mins

Students analyze their data and reflect through video recording about how solar technology and their structures kept the ground (earth’s surface) cooler.

Keeping it Cool with Solar Unit

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