What is it and what does it do? Solar Panels What is it and what does it do?

Ask the children whether their parents have solar panels on top of their roofs. Ask the children whether they would want to use them.

What are Solar Panels? Solar Panels are boards made to take in energy from the sunlight from the sun. Talk about the basic concepts of solar energy and solar panels.

Talk about how the sunlight power currents in the solar panel that in turn generate electricity for houses or the public.

Solar Panels for Houses Solar Panels can be used for houses. Most people use from 1-20 panels per house. It is good for saving money on electricity. Explain how some families like to save money by putting solar panels on top of their roofs and use the electricity generated by those panels, instead of paying electricity companies for electricity.

Solar Panels for The Public Solar Panels can also be organized in large fields. The government or companies use these fields to make a lot of energy for a lot of people. Talk about how solar panel fields are similar to wind farms, where the government or private companies clear the area and set up hundreds to thousands of solar panels in order to generate electricity for towns or cities.

How Solar Panels Work Briefly explain how solar panels use the energy from the sunlight to generate small currents of electricity that in turn generate more electricity.