Kiowa County Public Library District

The sun, responsible for life on our planet, is a valuable clean energy source that can lessen our dependence on fossil fuels. With color photos, a glossary, and simple text, this book explains how solar panels work, what passive solar power is, and how the sun can be used to make electricity. Young readers will be excited to learn more about renewable energy.

Bold color photos and easy-to-read text introduce readers to solar power. Five informative chapters highlight what solar power is, how it works, and why it is a good source of energy. Zoom in even deeper with key stats and bolded glossary terms that make learning fun.

"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early fluent readers to the science and engineering behind solar energy. Includes infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--

Explores the different ways we use solar power.

This book introduces how the wind, the sun, and the tides have been harnessed to produce power.

"The next two books in the Baby Loves series tackle the first law of thermodynamics (energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can change forms) and Schrödinger's Cat, the famous thought experiment involving quantum theory (quantum physics states that a particle can exist in multiple places at once). Accurate enough to satisfy an expert and simple enough for the rest of us to comprehend, the Baby Loves board books are perfect for geeky moms and...

Surveys various ways of converting the sun's rays directly into usable energy, including solar homes, parabolic dishes, and silicon cells, and describes the uses of such power.

Describes how modern technology harnesses the power of wind and the sun to convert into electricity, helping to create alternative sources of energy, and lists the advantages and disadvantages to both methods.

Describes the uses of the sun's energy from the time of the Greeks and Romans to the present day and discusses the potential of this source of energy in our modern world.