Solar energy projects for kids

Explore the power of the sun's heat by blowing up a balloon on a bottle! Kids paint one soda bottle white and the other black. Once dry, they attach a small balloon to the necks of their bottles. Then, they put the bottles out in the sun for a solar reaction! Kids see that the air in the black bottle will make the balloon expand! The white bottle doesn't heat up as fast. Check out the experiment here!

Solar energy science project 3rd grade

10 science activities for kids to learn about the SUN: sun light, including invisible light, solar energy, how it is related to earth, … so many interesting topics, and so many fun project ideas, for kids from preschool to kindergarten to school age.

Kids can learn about solar energy with their very own solar-powered paper house. This fun STEM project comes with a helpful template, too.

Solar Science Experiments for Kids are a fun way to teach children about renewable energy sources. These experiments are geared for children ages 5-10.

Summer is a great time to marshal the power of the sun to your will. Check out all the great solar-powered crafts that you can do on the next sunny day!

While we were looking over the instructions for a solar water purifier on E is for Explore! I noticed they also had a suggestion for using solar energy to blow-up a balloon. All it called for was an empty 2 liter bottle, a small balloon, and a sunny day. We had sun, and an empty bottle (once we poured the rest of our tonic water into our "purifier"). We didn't have a small balloon, but we cut the neck off of a larger one, stretched it over the bottle, and called it good. It's a nice, simple…

DIY Solar Oven from a repurposed cardboard box

Solar-powered Pop-up Paper House: So... Hi! It's Alvin here with his first instructable : ) This instructable is on a small project on making a solar powered pop-up paper house. The paper house will convert the light it receives into energy for its interior lighting, lighting …

This month I’m blogging about science projects for a series of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) posts with a group of my favorite bloggers. More on that in a moment. But first, I’m excited to share our contribution of Mason Jar Solar Lights for Kids, aka Easy and Affordable Night Lights! This week’s theme is […]