SolarWise for Schools^SM

Igniting Creative Energy Challenge Deadline Changed
January 31, 2008

Go to http://www.ignitingcreativeenergy.org/ for more info.

SunSmart Schools Program

During the 2006 fiscal year, the SunSmart Schools Program will provide rebates for the installation of photovoltaic systems on Florida schools.
[Click here for information]

If you would like to see the system performance data for these systems, please check out the website http://data.energywhiz.com

EnergyWhiz Olympics

The education department at FSEC hosts several events for teachers and students. The Junior Solar Sprint is a competition that challenges middle school students to design, build and race model solar cars. The Hydrogen Sprint is a high school competition that was developed to provide opportunities for students to explore hydrogen power with a hands-on design component and a multimedia presentation. This year these events were combined into the Energy Whiz Olympics. [Click one of these links for the winners of the Junior Solar Sprint, Hydrogen Sprint and Science Bowl.]

• 2007 Energy Whiz Olympics photo gallery

Junior Solar Sprint Video

A short video about the Junior Solar Sprint is available to user's who have the QuickTime player. Check the following link to watch the video or click the QuickTime button below to download the QuickTime player.

Sun Academy 2003

The workshops, funded by the National Science Foundation, were developed to improve the technological literacy of pre- and in service teachers and provide them with instructional techniques for teaching inquiry-based science through the study of solar and renewable energy technologies.

The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) is hosting 40 Brevard County elementary teachers and pre-service teachers from Brevard Community College (BCC) at Sun Academy 2003, a week-long series of professional development workshops. The workshops begin Monday, July 14, at the Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa and continue Tuesday afternoon with specialized training at BCC's Computer Lab. Thursday and Friday the teachers will be at Astronaut Memorial Foundation to use the video facilities. [Sun Academy Project Site]