During the summer of 2007, South Pekin Grade School installed solar panel on the school. Energy from that panel is being used by the school to help reduce energy costs for the school.

Alliant Energy Kids- http://www.alliantenergykids.com/stellent2/groups/public/documents/pub/phk_ee_re_001505.hcsp#P-4_0
This page has information about solar power, instructions for making a solar oven, and links many other sites about solar power.

Solar Energy International Kid's Info- http://www.solarenergy.org/resources/kids.html
This web site provides information about solar energy for younger students and for older students. There are also links to other sites about solar energy.

EERE Solar Energy Technologies- http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/animations.html
This web site provides an animation of how a solar cell works. It requires either Quicktime player or MPEG.

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