Power2Share for Teachers: International Deployment
Build a Solar Suitcase to light a school in this self-paced program. Learn the fundamentals of solar energy through interactive lessons and hands-on engineering experience.
Getting Started
Power2Share Intro Video
About the Curriculum
The Solar Suitcase Equipment
Optional: Your initial thoughts about this program
Curriculum Sequence: Developing STEM Identity
Preparation Guide: Global Energy Access
MS Lesson Plan: Global Electricity Access
HS Lesson Plan: Global Electricity Access
MS / HS Lesson Plan: Sustainable Development Goals
MS / HS Lesson Plan: Sustainable Lifestyles Around the World
Video: Blackout - Students in Guinea Journey to Light
Video Resources
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Preparation Guide: Solar Power and The Environment
HS Lesson Plan: Solar Power and the Environment
Jigsaw Group 1: Fossil Fuels and the Greenhouse Effect
Jigsaw Group 2: The Impact of Warming
Jigsaw Group 3: The Potential of Solar
Jigsaw Group 4: The Path to Mitigation
MS Lesson Plan: Solar Power and the Environment
Land Use for Community Solar (Illinois)
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Preparation Guide: Preparing the Solar Suitcase
Video: International Deployment: The Solar Suitcase in Action
Activity: Types of Solar Systems
MS / HS Lesson Plan: Preparing the Solar Suitcase
MS (some sections) / HS Worksheet: Understanding the Solar Suitcase
Answer Key: Understanding the Solar Suitcase
Wiring diagram slides
MS / HS Solar Suitcase Social Drama
MS / HS Stand Alone Solar Systems Jamboard
Before You Build: Safety Tips
How to Strip the Classroom 10 Watt Solar Panel
Wiring the 10W panels in parallel
Disassembling the Solar Suitcase
Clamp Amp Meter and DMM Guide
Link to digital copy of assembly guide
Ways to use your built Solar Suitcase!
Student handout: Quality Control Checklist
Video Resources
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Preparation Guide: Electric Circuits
MS / HS Presentation: DC Electricity for Solar
Link to student Thinkific Course
PhET Simulations Lesson 1: Electric Circuits
PhET Simulations Lesson 2: Circuits in the Solar Suitcase
MS / HS DC Electricity Multiple Choice Questions (links to online platforms included)
Volts and Amps practice from Middle School teacher, Katie Small
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Preparation Guide: The Language of Electricity
Power and Energy Scale Poster / Infographic
MS / HS Activity: Energy Management in the Solar Suitcase
PhET Simulations Lesson 3: The Language of Electricity
Stand-Alone Solar Lesson Outline (published by California Association of Science Educators)
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Preparation Guide: Climate Resilience
MS Lesson Plan: Solar Design, Innovation and Shark Tank
HS Lesson Plan: Knowledge to Action
Designing a Stand Alone System Presentation
System Sizing Worksheet
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HS Load Analysis Spreadsheet
Welcome to Solar Suitcase Deployment
Sending the Solar Suitcase Back to We Share Solar
Solar Suitcase Packing Guide
Course Completion Congratulations
Power2Share Program Editable Completion Certificate
Course Completion Checklist
Power2Share Program Editable Completion Certificate
Additional Resources Table of Contents
Lesson Plan: Who is a Refugee?
Lesson Plan: Life in Uganda
Lesson Plan: Planning Loads for Your School Using Solar Suitcases
Lesson Plan: Implementing your Solar Suitcase Disaster Plan
Lesson Plan: Solar on your School
Lesson Plan: Solar Innovation and Engineering
Lesson Plan: Solar Entrepreneurship
Alternative Engineering Design Resource from KQED with Media Focus
Additional Resources: Video Links
Lab: Solar Exploration
Lab: Exploring PV Cells (mini panels activity)
Lab: Maximizing Photovoltaic Power
Youth Media Challenge: Show What You Know (KQED)
Solar Math (student)
Solar Math (Answer Key)
Jeopardy - Africa Edition (created by We Care Solar's Director of Program Operations, Kim Gordon
Teacher Generated Resources
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Free enrollment includes the Power2Share interactive ten-hour course teaching you the fundamentals of building solar electric systems. Solar Suitcase equipment for the hands on building portion, purchased separately.
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Program includes free curriculum access, Solar Suitcase equipment for purchase, installation and sharing back stories and photos of your Solar Suitcase place in an energy-scarce school in East Africa.