Whats New in SK – Empower Playgrounds

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What is new in EPI Science Labs?

Empower Playgrounds Inc., recently added a 3rd Thames and Kosmos Science Kit to the EPI Science Lab on solar power. The Solar Power kit will enable to students to better understand the power of the sun and how it can be utilized to create electricity. This kit also builds off the students previous understanding of motors and generators (the first kit EPI distributed). Teachers have loved using this kit in their classrooms as students work together in teams to build any number of motor vehicles that are then powered by a small solar panel.

3) Solar Power

Photovoltaic Energized Vehicles

Build your own solar-powered models and discover how solar cells generate electricity from light. Build six solar powered models including a locomotive, single-prop plane, bulldozer, helicopter, backhoe, and twin-rotor helicopter. The special solar panel in this kit consists of three solar cells and generates 1.5 volts of electricity in bright sunlight, like a AA battery. A unique cradle holds either the solar panel or the battery, allowing you to switch out the solar panel for a AA battery (not included), depending on the strength of sunlight. You can even use the solar panel to charge up your own rechargeable AA batteries. The solar panel is positionable, so you can maximize its exposure to the sun to generate the most power. Find more details here.

See the Solar Power Science Kit in Action:

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