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📖 How Solar Panels Make Electricity

Solar cells contain semiconductor materials. Light can transfer energy to electrons in the material. An electric field in the cell helps direct the moving charges into a current. Panels combine many cells to produce useful electrical power.

1. What key idea begins the explanation?

 

2. What mechanism or supporting detail is described?

 

3. What additional evidence or effect is given?

 

4. How does the final detail deepen the explanation?

 

✏️ Writing

Write 1–2 developed paragraphs explaining how solar panels make electricity. Use evidence and cause-and-effect reasoning.

➕ Math

1. 1/10 + 2/10 = ______
2. 9/10 − 1/10 = ______
3. Write an equivalent fraction for 2/3: ______
4. Which is greater: 3/5 or 3/4? Explain: __________________

🎨 Color & Create

Create a labeled model or diagram that explains how solar panels make electricity.

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📖 Reading Answers

  1. Solar cells contain semiconductor materials.
  2. Light can transfer energy to electrons in the material.
  3. An electric field in the cell helps direct the moving charges into a current.
  4. Panels combine many cells to produce useful electrical power.

➕ Math Answers

  1. 3/10
  2. 8/10
  3. Examples: 4/6, 6/9, 8/12
  4. 3/4, because 0.75 > 0.6

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