Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC)
FSEC is a research institute of the University of Central Florida.
FSEC currently has several free downloadable curriculum units available on the website. The units include hands-on
activities and PowerPoint presentations that align to science standards. The solar energy units include Solar
Matters I - III for elementary and middle school students, Understanding Solar Energy for high school students, and
Solar Wonders, a PowerPoint presentation on the uses of solar energy. The environmental unit, Alternative Fuel
Matters is for middle school students, while the Planet Janitor video and coloring book (available on the Energy
Whiz site) are for elementary students.
Several new energy units are also now available, High Energy
Hydrogen includes units for upper elementary, middle and high school students, and Building Performance Matters is
available for high school students. The Energy Whiz website features student projects and submissions that deal with
energy as well as experiments and hands-on activities that can be performed at home. A lending library of classroom
materials is available for Florida teachers.
1679 Clearlake Road
Cocoa FL 32922
Phone: (321) 638-1000
Fax: (321) 638-1010
Email: info@fsec.ucf.edu
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/education/index.htm