Play Inside a Solar Cell

Play this pinball-like game to see how solar cell technology turns sunlight into energy! Launch a photon to knock electrons off a solar cell playing field and explore how this process generates an electrical current. Have fun while modeling what happens in the solar arrays over Discovery Museum's parking lot.  

Did you know that our solar array turns sunlight into more than 100% of the electricity Discovery Museum uses? We provide the excess energy to other nonprofits at a discount!

This staff-conceived and designed exhibit was in development for more than a year, and was funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.