Solar Energy: Saving the School Budget (iScience Readers)

"Describes the many uses and powers of the Sun's energy - weather patterns, creating electricity, and more. As readers use scientific inquiry to learn about how to capture and use the power of solar energy, an activity based on real world situations challenges them to apply what they've learned in order to solve a puzzle"--

Emily Sohn is a freelance journalist in Minneapolis, who covers mostly health, science, environment and adventure for both kids and grown-ups. Among other publications, her work has appeared in U.S. News & World Report, the Los Angeles Times, Smithsonian, Backpacker and Science News for Kids, and she is a contributing writer for Discovery News. Assignments have taken Emily to exotic locations around the globe, including Cuba, Fiji and the Peruvian Amazon.