The Solar Car Book (Klutz) [Paperback]

Doug Stillinger (Editor)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Klutz

The Solar Car Book is full of illuminating solar science facts and comes with everything you need to build a cool solar-powered racecar: wheels, axles, motors, wires and a genuine one-volt solar cell. No glue, no nails, no tape and (best of all) no batteries required. Build this car today and it will run forever, thanks to that big battery in the sky. This book includes rubber bands that contain Natural Rubber Latex which may cause allergic reactions.

Comes With: 6 pages of shrink plastic

• Create wonderful things • Be good • Have fun

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The Solar Car Book delves into the history and science of both solar cars and solar power. But hotter than that are all the materials for youngsters to make sun-powered cars of their own, bound into the transparent cover of this spiralbound volume.

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From the Publisher

Winner of National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Klutz; Book and Access edition (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570546460
• ISBN-13: 978-1570546464
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #991,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solar Car Works in Phoenix, January 3, 2003

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Tina (Phoenix, Az United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Solar Car Book (Klutz) (Paperback)

During a sunny day in Phoenix, the solar car works great and stops when it goes under the shade. With less intense sun light, a little push may be helpful to over come the friction at the start.
What a nice way to introduce young children the clean solar energy!

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great concept, inadequate design, June 20, 2005

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Andrew D. (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Solar Car Book (Klutz) (Paperback)

The car barely moved in the spring sun, and while it does better on a blazing day there still ought be some more margin of error, especially with the high price (Amazon's is good). The children I built this with were very disappointed. I will try adding more solar cells. Also the cardboard to me seemed likely to wear out, especially if the holes get enlarged. Overall a really neat concept but really the most important thing is that the car work first time out. Try again, Klutz.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't work as promised, October 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Solar Car Book (Klutz) (Paperback)

The book is interesting, but the car doesn't work as promised. (It barely moves! and we even made sure to try it midday in full sun)