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Power House: Green Essentials Edition. To live sustainably, we must use Earth's resources at a rate at which they can be replenished, and thus provide for future generations to live as we have. In this kit, you can learn about alternatitive energy and sustainable living by conducting experiments and building energy-related models. Thirty of the best experiments and the ten most important building projects from the original Power House kit are presented in their Green Essentials Edition. The ten building projects include: the power house itself, a greenhouse, a solar cell array, a passive solar collector, a solar oven, an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a hydrometer, a lemon battery, and a wind power generator. Experiment with the heating, cooling, and insulation of the house and greenhouse. Test passive solar collection methods with a solar collector. Assemble a solar power array to explore active solar power with photovoltaic's. Build a model refrigerator and air conditioner to learn about heat transfer. Experiment with a lemon battery to learn about power storage. Set up a wind turbine to generate electricity from the wind. As you perform the experiments, you will read the diary entries of a group of young explorers who are learning to live a sustainable existence on an island. To survive, they must implement real-world versions of the projects you are doing in the kit.
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Learn about alternative energy and sustainable living by conducting 30 experiments and building ten energy-related models: the power house itself, a greenhouse, a solar cell array, a passive solar collector, a solar oven, an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a hydrometer, a lemon battery, and a wind power generator. A new Green edition of the bestselling power house kit 30 experiments and 10 building projects 64-page, full color, experiment manual
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great learning toy,
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This review is from: Thames and Kosmos Alternative Energy and Environmental Science Power House Green Essentials (Toy)
My 11 year old son is very into putting things together so I got this power house for him so he could build and learn at the same time. He was very careful with the pieces (they're made of styrofoam). I would say a younger kid may have trouble with the durability but it's been perfect for him. He has learned a lot.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Power house is a great way to learn,
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This review is from: Thames and Kosmos Alternative Energy and Environmental Science Power House Green Essentials (Toy)
My 9 year old daughter used this for a science fair project to demonstrate residential solar energy. The solar panels are surprisingly strong. The manual and materials are easy to use and understand. We supplemented this with a number of resources on the internet to really understand how a solar panel generates electricity.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
for an older child,
= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Thames and Kosmos Alternative Energy and Environmental Science Power House Green Essentials (Toy)
I got this for my eleven year old. We do the projects together, but I think to get the most out of it, it is for 13 and up.
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