Go Solar Experiment Kit - Teach Kids Solar Power through Fun Activities

The Go Solar Experiment Kit has over 30 activities that teach solar power through fun and exciting projects especially for kids eight and above. Inside this educational and entertaining kit, kids can learn to build their own solar furnace, a solar powered carousel, and even an airplane mobile. Included among the lessons in energy from the sun and light include learning about temperature, focal points, color refraction, and the greenhouse effect, among many others. The bright and colorful package includes a solar cell, a thermometer, and a motor. Best of all, the Go Solar Experiment kits provide hours of learning fun and requires no batteries.

Kids can build a kid-sized solar furnace that can harness sunlight to produce heat. The project involves using a mirror to act as a reflector that focuses light to a focal point to generate heat. This is a great introduction into the concepts of temperature and focal points that date back to the Greeks in 218-202 B.C. when the scientist Archimedes used "burning glass" (or an array of mirrors) to repel attacking Roman ships, setting fire to them. Inexpensive solar cookers, solar-powered barbeques, and solar water pasteurization nowadays use the solar furnace principle, while applications in space, where access to the sun is not dependent on the weather, are being explored.

Among the other projects that are teaching the basics of solar electricity, where electricity is generated from the sun through photovoltaics (PC) to power a carousel or airplane mobile. This makes use of the included solar cell similar to the one found in solar-powered calculators. The solar cell converts light into electricity when, as the projects will cover, the solar cell allows photons from sunlight to hammer electrons into a higher state of energy and produce electricity. This electricity can directly power the movement of the solar carousel or airplane mobile or the electricity can be stored into a battery.

The Go Solar Experiment Kit is an innovative way to teach young minds about solar power and renewable energy in general early on. The lessons teach environmental friendliness and how to make positive contributions to a brighter and cleaner planet.