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Build a Solar Car Workbook
Race your friends with a solar car (left)
"The Build a Solar Car workbook comes with everything you need to build a cool solar race car and is full of illuminating solar science facts. Check out the wheels, axles, motors, wires and a genuine one-volt solar cell. No glue, no nails, no tape and (best of all) no batteries required." Here are some examples of pages from the workbook below. NASCAR watch out!
Amphibious Solar Car Kit
Triple Action Solar Car Kit
Independent parts makes for triple action projects... a marvelous beginning educational science project for ages 9 and up. Specifications: Body size: 14.5 x 22.5 x 4.5cm. Power source: 1) Solar cell battery output Power / 1.4V - 350mA (max) 2) Dry cell battery - "AA" x 1 pc (not included) DC motor: Rated voltage / 1.9V; Rated ampere / 145mA. A multiple function switch (solar [1.4 volt, 350mA] or battery) allows this kit to be energized day or night, indoors or outdoors. Learn what materials solar cells are made from and also the scientific characteristics of solar cells.
Fuel Cell CarX7 Model Kit
This Fuel Cell Car X7 kit has been made more accessible to users, both in terms of content and price. There is a new manual focused more on building and designing a fuel cell car, rather than the comprehensive lesson on the science of fuel cells and solar cells. The minimum age has been lowered and easy to follow directions have been geared to a younger audience.
The kit has been optimized for simplicity and ease of use over thorough experimentation. With its new focus, some parts have become unnecessary and have been removed to reduce the cost.
Look for the more sophisticated Fuel Cell Car Kit on the Solar Model Kit website page...
Fuel Cell Car and Experimental Kit
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Automobile manufacturers are already experimenting successfully with this technology and it is widely believed that fuel cells will power automobiles and many electronic devices, including laptops and cell phones, in the near future. With this unique kit, you can build your own experimental reversible fuel cell car to learn more about this energy source.
The 96-page, full color Experiment Manual offers over 30 experiments, including: How to build a solar-powered car. Effects of direct and indirect radiation. Characteristics of a solar module.
Electrolysis and its effect on water. Oxy-hydrogen test. How to construct and load a reversible fuel cell. Decomposition of water in the fuel cell. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of gas in a fuel cell. How efficient is electrolysis? How light influences electrolysis. Solar electrolysis. Fuel cell-powered car. Contents: complete reversible fuel cell (hydrocycle system) • Wire • Motor • Chassis • Axle • Gas collector • 4 Wheels • Solar panel with support • Syringe • Tube • Digital multimeter • Test tube • Protective goggles • Labels • Bag of small parts for fuel cell • Bag of small electronic parts • Experiment Manual
Physics Science Workshop Kit
- Physics Workshop brings physics to the forefront, with 36 building projects and subsequent experiments. Learn the fundamental laws of mechanics as you build windmills, cranes, sail cars, robots, hammering machines, centrifuges, gears, levers, screws, inclined planes, pulleys, wheels and axles, building blocks, complex models, scales, and dozens of other machines. And don't forget simple machines, gears, levers, screws, inclined planes, pulleys, wheels, and axles, the building blocks of more complex models. This hands-on approach makes learning fun because the principles of physics are demonstrated right in front of you. Appropriately, 2005 was "The World Year of Physics"TM. (marking the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's miraculous year, in which he published three papers that have since influenced all of modern physics). See www.physics2005.org for other information.
For serious solar solar car builders only...
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You can build a specialized solar car "from scratch" and race it in a national JSS competition! - don't forget, your car needs to be a built according to the NREL competition guidelines... ...see the JSS info to the right for more details. Or, organize a race of your own with parents! ...talk to your teachers at your school or the coach at the park...
| Are you ready for... The Junior Solar Car Sprint - JSS Competitions Ready for a real solar car race? The best of the best compete in an annual sprint you need to build and race your solar model car (like the soap box derby races...) See links below for information on buying parts for the car plus the solar panels and parts needed for this race (see links this page.) 
- Note: the car kits above and on earlier pages are not eligible for use in the Junior Solar Sprint competition... You need to build a car according to specifications of the U.S. National Renewable Energy Labs (NREL - part of the U.S. Dept. of Energy - who plans and organizes the races. Click here for for more information on how to purchase and build the NREL Solar Sprint Solar Car... Photo courtesy NREL
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