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7th & 8th Grade Hybrid Energy
SciFair Projects Kit

Have fun building, experimenting and measuring energy
with the 7th & 8th grade hybrid energy scifair projects kit!
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Package Includes

PicoTurbine Savonius v2 Plus Educational Wind Turbine
Deluxe Intermediate Solar Educational Kit
Multimeter + Free SciFair eBook

Grades: Jr. High thru College


Price is at the bottom of the page.
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Assembled PicoTurbine Savonius v2 Plus Educational Wind Turbine
Note, this kit comes unassembled.
You build the windmill.

It's excellent to measure conversion of electrical energy into alternative energy for science fair projects, science reports, or just plain fun!

 

Rectification kit
Includes 12 page manual guide.
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Intermediate Level Deluxe Solar Educational Kit
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Cen-Tech Multimeter
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PicoTurbine Windmill Kit V2 is a fully functioning Savonius wind turbine. It stands 8" tall and produces between 2.0-3.0 volts which is enough to light up a bicolor LED (included). The LED flashes red and green to show the alternating current produced.

The kit can be easily built in less than one hour. With some adult supervision the kit can be built by children as young as 10 years old.

Included in the PicoTurbine Windmill Kit V2

  • 4 pre-wound coils of enamel coated copper wire

  • 4 ceramic grade-5 magnets

  • 1 (5 1/4”) disk

  • 1 bicolor light emitting diode (LED) with 2 leads

  • 1 (1/2”) Phillips head (cross slot) screw

  • 1 eye-hook screw

  • 1 wooden dowel

  • 1 piece of wood about 6” by 6” and ½” thick (for the base)

  • 1 strip of double-sided tape

  • 1 small piece of sandpaper for stripping the copper wire
  • Manual and Template

PicoTurbine Windmill Kit V2 is an upgraded version of the original PicoTurbine which has been used by tens of thousands of students, homeschoolers, and even adult hobbyists to learn about Savonius Vertical Axis wind power. It’s perfect for teaching about Wind Energy in the classroom.


For the more advanced middle school student and high school student, the PicoTurbine DC Experiment Kit, an add-on to the windmill kit, provides lots of fun challenges. Its purpose is to convert the AC electrical power you produce with either the windmill or solar kit into DC electricity and can be used to charge batteries, etc. With it you will be able to make a "full circle project".

Full circle means that you will be able to vaciliate back and forth between AC and DC without storing it in a breadboard.

For instance, with the DC experiments, and blade design: the blade offset can be increased or decreased, or the shape altered, the results tested and compared -- an excellent science fair project.

Materials Included

  • 4 light emitting diode (LED) with 2 leads

  • 2 electrolytic capacitors

  • 1 piezo buzzer

  • A solderless breadboard and 8 jumper wires

  • Instructions booklet includes teacher's guide and technical notes. The guide shows you how to build 4 different circuits and test them.

    • Circuits explained include:

  • A simple half-wave rectifier,
  • A half-wave rectifier with smoothing capacitors,
  • A full wave "bridge" rectifier with and without smoothing, and
  • A voltage doubling rectifier.


    • With the Intermediate Deluxe Solar Education Kit: you will be able to develop a very exceptional science fair project when you combine the solar kit with the PicoTurbine Windmill or PicoTurbine Windmill & DC Experiments. At the same time you will acquire the basic knowledge of solar energy. Includes manual guide.

    1. When you place the solar cell module under direct sunlight, it generates power comparable to batteries. Explore how to harness solar energy and apply what you learn to countless practical applications.

    2. Students can do series of do-it-yourself experiments to acquire the basic knowledge of solar energy.

    Project Ideas
    Make an electrical circuit.
    Make a solar circuit.
    Learn how to increase current.
    Learn how to increase voltage.
    How to use solar power to produce energy for a battery charger, radio, calculator, cassette player and more..
    Manual
    Ages 8 and up

     

    The Cen-Tech Multimeter is excellent for measuring your output of electricity from all of the PicoTurbines Science Kits. It displays AC millivolts, adds another dimension to your experiments, and helps to tune the alternator.

    You will get accurate readings for DC voltage, DC current, AC voltage, resistance, transistor test, diode test, and battery test. Easy-to-read 3-1/2 digit LCD readout, positive set selector switch, and 32" leads. • Automatic zero adjust • Overange indicator • 2.5x second sample time • Low battery indicator • Fuse and diode protected circuit.


    Warning for all kits on this page.


     Note: The multimeter comes
     assembled. You receive parts to
     build the other items pictured.

    To put together your own wind energy package

    madeline@super-science-fair-projects.com
    1-800-296-3650


    7th & 8th Grade Hybrid Energy Science Fair Projects Kit
    (Includes: PicoTurbine Savonius v2 Plus Educational Wind Turbine, Deluxe Intermediate Solar Educational Kit, 1 Multimeter + Free SciFair eBook, a $21.95 bonus gift and download to 50 free science fair project abstracts and ideas.)
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