Experiment with a Wind Gen using four, five, or six blades to determine the maximum energy generated.
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Redesign the SunEzoon Car so it is powered with two solar panels. Your goal is to design the vehicle to maximize its speed in the sun on a flat surface.
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Pitsco’s SunZoon Lite activity is an easy lesson in solar energy. The vehicle is assembled and is raced at five different times of the day. Velocity is recorded for each race and is compared. Students then discuss what effect the Sun’s angle at different times of the day has on the speed of the . . .
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Pitsco’s Wind Energy activity is an excursion into alternative energies – specifically wind power. Students build model wind generators, demonstrating how the power of the wind can be harnessed, transformed, and used as electrical power to turn on a light.
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Calculate the area of the solar panel and experiment to determine the relationship, if any, between the area of the panel and the vehicle’s velocity, by covering more rows of the panel for each test and recording the time and distance traveled.
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Pitsco’s Solar Vehicle activity is a great way to teach students about the process of improving and modifying. After the Ray Catchers are assembled, students race and observe their vehicles. Each student then modifies and improves his or her vehicle’s performance. After the improvements, . . .
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Pitsco’s Solar Designer activity is a beginning exercise in engineering – constructing a simple solar vehicle that runs off the power from a small solar panel. Students are challenged to gear up their vehicles to race as fast as possible or gear them down to provide as much pulling power as . . .
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Pitsco’s SunEzoon Cars activity provides a first experience in solar energy. Equipped only with scissors and excitement, students assemble the car chassis, wheels, motor, solar panel, and a colorful car body. Students marvel as they run their cars on a smooth, level surface – powered only by . . .
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In this activity, students design and construct a wind farm to generate as much electrical power as possible, using a limited number of generators.
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