Kinesthetically Connecting Students to Power Produced by Photovoltaic Panels

Steven Robbins; Jeffrey Alleman; Brent Nelson; Jeremy Webb

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925194

Kinesthetically Connecting Students to Power Produced by Photovoltaic Panels

Steven Robbins, Jeffrey Alleman, Brent Nelson, Jeremy Webb

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Abstract

Educating the public about photovoltaics as a power-producing technology has proven to be challenging. Qualities a person associates with power production like motion, sound, smoke, and vibration are not present with photovoltaics panels as there are none of the moving parts commonly associated with power production. To assist students in connecting with solar power, we help them feel the power by pedaling a bike to power a generator and then comparing their output to that of a nearby solar panel. This connects the student kinesthetically instead of through the abstraction of power represented by numbers and units.

Original language	American English
Pages	1476-1479
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925194 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925194
State	Published - 15 Oct 2014
Event	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 - Denver, United States Duration: 8 Jun 2014 → 13 Jun 2014

Conference

Conference	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	8/06/14 → 13/06/14

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NREL/CP-5H00-61325

Keywords

bike power
education
educators
engineering education
K-12 education
kinesthetics
photovoltaics
power engineering education
power production
students
teaching

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