Consider a future without fossil fuels
Power House provides an engaging introduction to regenerative energy sources
while teaching basic concepts and principles in physical science. The kit
focuses on the heat and light energy from the sun, the energy from the wind, as
well as with electrochemical and plant energy. You will learn how to transform
and use these forms of energy.
With the Power House kit you can build a model house complete with solar
panels, windmill, greenhouse, and desalination system. You can build and operate
an electric train, windmill, solar cooker, solar hot water tank, hygrometer,
electric motor, power hoist, sail car, and more! Plant watercress, prepare
sauerkraut, and make chewing gum. Learn how plants convert sunlight into energy
for your body and your engines.
The thoughtfully designed series of experiments was developed by
physicist Uwe Wandrey. Professor Wandrey creatively integrates physical science
and technology lessons with the adventure of building a home and living on a
remote island. To survive, you must learn how to harness the power of the sun
and the wind as well as tap the energy of other physical forces. The storyline
follows the experiments in a stepwise fashion. Easy-to-follow activities make it
fun to build models and use them for your experiments.
We hope that building small models such as are provided in Power
House will inspire you to plan and construct something on a larger scale.
An Adventure in Sustainable Living
The Power House Experiment Manual is much more than just a set of
instructions. The manual is organized around the story of a group of island
dwellers who must learn to live sustainably using the resources available to
them on their small island. As you read their journal entries and learn of their
projects and experiments, you build models of the same projects and conduct the
same experiments alongside them.
More than 20 different building projects in one kit!
- Power House
- Wind-Powered Generator
- Solar Collector
- Solar Power Station
- Greenhouse
- Current Indicator
- Sail Car
- Hygrometer
- Refrigerator
- Electric Motor
- Electric Crane
- Electric Train
- Oil Lamp
- Light Telescope
- Rice Cooker
- Solar Oven
- Oil Press
- Thumbtack Scale
- Lemon Battery
- Electric Switch
Experiments
Power House includes a 96-page full color manual with 70 experiments and 20
building projects, organized into these nine chapters:
The Heat Trap: Construct and experiment with a greenhouse.
The Sun Collector: 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 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.
Contents: The kit contains: foam house and plastic
greenhouse parts • frame • base • wood glue • solar panel • compass
• wire • LED (light emitting diode) • 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 four color, illustrated 96 page Experiment
Manual with 70 experiments and 20 building activities.
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