54 in 1 Solar House Green Energy Lab
Features
- Simulate how we can harness the sun's energy into one's house
- Easy-to-follow pictorial diagrams will guide the student through 26 chapters containing a variety of activities and useful experiments
- Skill Level 1
- Lower your classrooms carbon footprint and save with our bulk package pricing. See Kit# C7041B
Overview
Have you seen a house with a solar panel on the roof and wondered how it produces electricity? In response to increasingly high electricity costs and the overall well-being of our environment, advanced technologies in solar energy have made it possible for homeowners and businesses to install Photovoltaic Solar Panels to convert sunlight to usable electricity and heat. With this in mind, we have designed this course for the inquisitive student that wants to gain an understanding of how different technologies using green or alternate energy can be used in the home. In this course, we will create our own model house made of Plexiglas and install an amorphous silicon glass solar panel to simulate how we can harness the sun's energy into one's house.
The solar panel that we will be using will provide the energy used for all our experiments. We will perform most experiments with solar energy stored in a battery that has been charged from our solar panel along with a re-useable solderless breadboard. The fully illustrated and detailed manual included in this course will introduce the student to some basic technology and fundamental concepts used in common household devices such as lighting, thermostats, fire alarms, and burglar alarms. To study these technologies, we are going to study solar panels, motors, fans, resistors, diodes, LEDs, switches, lamps and batteries.
The easy-to-follow pictorial diagrams will guide the student through 26 chapters containing a variety of activities and useful experiments along with fun and interesting facts relating to solar energy. This course offers a hand on approach that is applicable for use in grades junior high up through college. All parts to create the model house, along with the necessary components, wires, breadboard, solar panel, and detailed instruction manual are included. No soldering or additional batteries required. Re-usable and safe to use. Skill Level 1.
Kit Contents
- Chapter 1 Energy Sources
- Chapter 2 Constructing the Solar House
- Chapter 3 Solar Systems
- Chapter 4 Solar Cells
- Chapter 5 Solar Panels
- Chapter 6 Inverters
- Chapter 7 Grid-Tied vs Off-Grid
- Chapter 8 Batteries
- Chapter 9 Metering
- Chapter 10 Disconnect
- Chapter 11 Charging Batteries with Solar Power
- Chapter 12 Resistors
- Chapter 13 Switches
- Chapter 14 Ceiling Fans
- Chapter 15 Diodes
- Chapter 16 LEDs
- Chapter 17 Lighting
- Chapter 18 Series Circuit vs Parallel Circuits
- Chapter 19 Outdoor Lighting
- Chapter 20 Transistors
- Chapter 21 Conductors
- Chapter 22 Water Flood Alarm
- Chapter 23 Doorbell
- Chapter 24 Thermostats
- Chapter 25 Burglar Alarm
- Chapter 26 Fire Alarm
- Experiment 1 Battery Charging with solar Power
- Experiment 2 Switches
- Experiment 3 Fans
- Experiment 4 Diodes
- Experiment 5 LEDs
- Experiment 6 LED Lighting Color Temperature
- Experiment 7 Incandescent Lamps vs LEDs
- Experiment 8 Parallel Circuits
- Experiment 9 Series Circuits
- Experiment 10 Automatic Outdoor Lighting
- Experiment 11 Transistors
- Experiment 12 Conductors
- Experiment 13 Water Flood Alarm
- Experiment 14 Doorbell
- Experiment 15 Thermostat
- Experiment 16 Burglar Alarm
- Experiment 17 Fire Alarm
- Experiment 18 Electronic Candle
- Activity 1 Energy Activity
- Activity 2 Solar Systems Activity
- Activity 3 Solar Cells Activity
- Activity 4 Solar Panels Activity
- Activity 5 Batteries Activity
- Activity 6 Resistors Activity
- Activity 7 Ceiling Fans Activity
- Activity 8 Diodes Activity
- Activity 9 LEDs Activity
- Activity 10 Conductors Activity