1. Solar Power at King Athelstan

2. Review: How Solar Panels Work
Solar panels collect energy from the …
Fossil fuel or renewable …
Will Solar power run out?
Solar power does not work at …
They produce electricity without harming the …
Had Renewables lesson 2 weeks ago. Use as quick fire questions for revision

3. Review: How Solar Panels Work
Talk through components and refer to circuits lesson last week

4. What can use solar power
Could ask for ideas before presenting answers

5. Solar Panels at King Athelstan School
Where are the panels?
What direction do they face?
How many panels are there?
How much does one panel cost?
Interactive Q&A

6. Solar Panels at King Athelstan School
The system should last around 20 years.
They took 3 weeks to install
They will pay back their cost in 10 years

7. Solar Panels at King Athelstan School
Damon can talk through the process

8. Solar Panels at King Athelstan School
Damon can re-order to talk through the process

9. Solar Panels at King Athelstan School
Two themes: % of school consumption, and variable output

10. Solar Panels at King Athelstan School
For focus on variable output

11. Solar Panels at King Athelstan School
Last year they generated 12,000 kilowatt hours (kWh), or
½ million slices of toast; or
3,000 hot baths; or
33 years of Edwardian servant labour

12. Solar Panels at King Athelstan School
We have saved the school over £1,000 on its bills, or
500 school dinners
153 cinema tickets
3 ipads
4 iphones
We have reduced CO2 emissions by 5 tonnes, equivalent to planting 227 trees

13. Solar Panels at King Athelstan School
Questions?

14. Solar Workshop Split into 4 Groups
2 different experiments with solar power
Box with meter/led (go to window)
3 solar panels – 2 with multimeters, 1 with lamp
Mrs Turmer to split into appropriate level groups for activities. 10 minutes each activity.