In our most recent lab, we learned about solar energy and how it works. We used lego mindstorm software, a solar cell, a ruler to measure how far the light was from the solar cell, a flashlight and different colored light filters.
Even tough I came in part way through the lab, my group mates explained what they had been doing. The solar cell was connected to the computer and the lego mindstorm software was tracking how much energy shinning the light on the solar cell created.
The light was concentrated on the solar cell at different distances and using different colored light filters. By using the software we could determine the best way to create solar energy.
We learned that solar energy can still be created with the color filters and when the light is closest to the solar cell, more energy is created.