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Thames & Kosmos Solar Power - Photovoltaic Energized Vehicles Science Kit 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. The 24-page color instruction book included in this kit gives step-by-step instructions for assembling the six model vehicles. After you have built the suggested models, you can design your own solar vehicles. Compete with your friends to see whose solar vehicle runs the fastest! The 177 building pieces included in this set are compatible with those in all Thames and Kosmos Construction Series kits, Physics Series kits, Wind Power, and Hydropower Kits. Ages 8 and up. All Thames and Kosmos products have been safety tested to the rigorous standards of both the USA and Europe.
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Great learning science project . Bought this for my grandson for Christmas along with other Thames and Kosmos projects. He loves working with them and is learning in the process.
Great learning science project . Bought this for my grandson for Christmas along with other Thames and Kosmos projects. He loves working with them and is learning in the process.
Thames & Kosmos Solar Power Reviews
Doesn't work like it's supposed to . I got this set and the wind powered set for my 8-year-old son who loves building, science, and mechanics. He's a wiz at Legos/Lego technic, building thousand-piece sets in a couple of hours, but he found this really frustrating because the pieces don't always fit together as the plans say they should. Then, once we managed to get the kit together the solar power is so week that the vehicle barely goes. They say you can combine sets to make more power, or use the battery back-up, but still it barely did anything, or wouldn't work because the pieces didn't fit together quite right (for example, in one case the gears didn't line up to fit together.)
Also, I initially had planned this project as a home schooling project, but the information about solar energy included in the kit's booklet is very minimal, so don't expect to learn a lot about solar energy by building this. The one thing we learned is that the amount of solar energy produced by this toy is insufficient to power it. For the record, my son still says this toy is fun, but he only picks it up once every couple of months, and always gets frustrated with it in the end. (p.s. this kit is NOT compatible with Lego)
Doesn't work like it's supposed to . I got this set and the wind powered set for my 8-year-old son who loves building, science, and mechanics. He's a wiz at Legos/Lego technic, building thousand-piece sets in a couple of hours, but he found this really frustrating because the pieces don't always fit together as the plans say they should. Then, once we managed to get the kit together the solar power is so week that the vehicle barely goes. They say you can combine sets to make more power, or use the battery back-up, but still it barely did anything, or wouldn't work because the pieces didn't fit together quite right (for example, in one case the gears didn't line up to fit together.)
Also, I initially had planned this project as a home schooling project, but the information about solar energy included in the kit's booklet is very minimal, so don't expect to learn a lot about solar energy by building this. The one thing we learned is that the amount of solar energy produced by this toy is insufficient to power it. For the record, my son still says this toy is fun, but he only picks it up once every couple of months, and always gets frustrated with it in the end. (p.s. this kit is NOT compatible with Lego)
Feature Thames & Kosmos Solar Power
- Compete with your friends to see whose solar vehicle runs the fastest
- You can even use the solar panel to charge up your own rechargeable AA batteries
- The special solar panel in this kit consists of three solar cells and generates 1.5 volts of electricity
- Build your own solar powered models and discover how solar cells generate electricity from light
- Photovoltaic energized vehicles
Product Details
EAN : 0814743010161UPC : 814743010161
MPN : 555006
Brand : Thames & Kosmos
Weight : 2 pounds
Height : 4 inches
Length : 15 inches
Width : 12 inches
Binding : Toy
Department : ToysAndShoes
Manufacturer : Thames & Kosmos
Manufacturer Minimum Age : 8 years
Model : 555006
Publisher : Thames & Kosmos
Release Date : 2010-09-01
SKU : 225_THK555006
Studio : Thames & Kosmos
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