Power House Kit

Today's kids are tomorrow's environmental scientists, so it's vitally important for them to understand the principles of renewable energy. The Power House Kit - Sustainable Living in the 21st Century introduces your child to the fundamentals of renewable energy and physical science with experiments in harnessing energy from solar, wind, electrochemical, and plant sources.

The model house your child will build with this kit lets them see firsthand how alternative energy applies to the familiar surroundings of home. The setting is an uncharted island, where your child must use the sun and wind for their very survival as they follow the experiments through an actual story. Their 21st-century house is complete with a windmill, solar cooker and hot-water tank, hygrometer, power hoist, and more. Your scientist will raise crops like watercress and cabbage as they learn how sunlight is converted by plants into energy. They'll even construct an electric car and train.

Help your child step confidently into the future of green science, where they'll play an important role in saving the planet!

Contents:

• Kit contains solar house and greenhouse parts
• frame
• base
• wood glue
• solar panel
• compass
• wire
• LED (light emitting diode)
• sunflower and watercress seeds
• battery holder
• small light bulb and holder
• solar motor
• magnifying glass
• propellers, iron core
• ring magnet
• thermometer
• test tube holder
• measuring beaker
• sand paper
• copper foil
• zinc plate
• wire mesh
• many small parts such as paper clips
• screws
• clips
• lead sinker
• washers
• wing nuts
• iron powder
• wires
• tubing
• rubber bands
• yarn
• wooden components
• cutouts for devices
• and a color, illustrated 96 page Experiment Manual with 70 experiments and 20 building activities.

Experiments:

• 70 experiments and 20 building projects.
• The Heat Trap: Construct and experiment with a greenhouse
• The Sun Furnace: Collect the sun's rays to heat water
• The Sun Burners: Make a solar cooker while learning about the principles of light before you cook rice and bake bread
• The Water Vampire: Desalinate water, plant watercress, produce sauerkraut and make chewing gum
• The Heat Absorbers: Learn how heat of evaporation provides cooling, conduct experiments about air humidity, build a hygrometer and test a refrigerator
• Power and Plants: Grow beans, make a potted plant feed a candle, harvest sunflower energy, build an oil press, and assemble an oil lamp
• The Energy Converters: Extract electric current from sunlight and metals in acid, build a light telephone, galvanize a nail and split water into hydrogen and oxygen
• The Forces of Magnetism: Generate electric current with magnetic fields
• Build a current indicator, electric and solar motors, a transfer switch, and a crane
• Lift pencils with the sun and learn about levers
• Build an electric car
• Wings in the Wind: Build a sail car and learn how wings and sails transform energy. Learn to sail with the wind, by the wind, and against the wind and examine a mixed energy vehicle.

Ages 12 and up.