{"id":1048,"date":"2019-02-27T10:17:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T10:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2019-02-27T10:29:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T10:29:09","slug":"free-solar-circuits-curriculum-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/free-solar-circuits-curriculum-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Solar Circuits Curriculum Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/practicalaction.org\/\">Practical Action<\/a> have a new STEM Challenge for children aged&nbsp;<strong>8-14<\/strong>&nbsp;years.The&nbsp;Solar Challenge&nbsp;is a free resource that covers the&nbsp;<strong>circuits National Curriculum<\/strong>requirements. All the&nbsp;<strong>materials you need are provided<\/strong>, including a PPT, teacher\u2019s guide, pupil notes and a poster. Check it out here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/practicalaction.org\/solar-challenge\">https:\/\/practicalaction.org\/solar-challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The challenge is based on Practical Action\u2019s work in southern Zimbabwe, so doubles up as a great way to&nbsp;<strong>raise pupils awareness of global issues<\/strong>.Pupils build circuits using solar cells, then make decisions on the use of electrical appliances for a community in Zimbabwe who have a limited supply of electricity.It\u2019s perfect for STEM clubs, transition and enrichment days, as well as supporting pupils\u2019 learning about Sustainable Development Goals.The Solar Challenge is also linked to the Off-Grid Design Competition, which challenges pupils to develop a solar powered solution to address one of a number of problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The STEM challenges that Practical Action run can be used to gain a CREST Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about the CREST Award and the challenges Practical Action offer, here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CREST and Practical Action video\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EoYXzLtBqPg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Originally posted by Louisa Cockbill on the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/curiositybristol.net\/2019\/02\/14\/solar-circuits-curriculum-activity\/\"><em>Curiosity Connections blog<\/em><\/a><em>, 14<sup>th<\/sup> February 2o19.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practical Action have a new STEM Challenge for children aged&nbsp;8-14&nbsp;years.The&nbsp;Solar Challenge&nbsp;is a free resource that covers the&nbsp;circuits National Curriculumrequirements. All the&nbsp;materials you need are provided, including a PPT, teacher\u2019s guide, pupil notes and a poster. Check it out here:&nbsp;https:\/\/practicalaction.org\/solar-challenge. The challenge is based on Practical Action\u2019s work in southern Zimbabwe, so doubles up as a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/free-solar-circuits-curriculum-activity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Free Solar Circuits Curriculum Activity&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":1051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24,18,17],"tags":[26,136],"class_list":["post-1048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curiosity-connections","category-outreach","category-schools","category-teaching","tag-curiosity-connections","tag-stem-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1048"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048\/revisions\/1056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}