NOTE TO TEACHERS: Classroom activity

Refer to the DHIE special feature, 'India's power play with solar energy' and engage students in a fun session.

Help students understand how solar energy is used in everyday objects around the school.

Materials needed:

• List of items powered by solar energy (e.g., calculators, outdoor solar lamps, solar panels on the roof)

• Scavenger hunt worksheets

• Pens or pencils

Steps

• Divide students into small teams.

• Give each team a worksheet with clues leading to different solar-powered items around the school.

• Teams must solve the clues to find the items and note them down on their worksheets.

• The first team to return with all items correctly identified wins a small prize.

After the scavenger hunt, discuss with students how solar energy is a clean, renewable resource and its benefits over traditional energy sources. Encourage them to think of other ways solar energy can be used at school or at home.