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Assembled PicoTurbine Savonius V2 Plus Educational Wind Turbine Windmill Kit
Do super renewable, solar energy science fair projects, science reports, or just plain fun!
Rectifion DC Experiments Kit
Includes 12 page manual guide.
Intermediate Level Deluxe Solar Educational Kit
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Warning for all kits on this page.
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~ Compare the power of wind to solar energy.
~ Compare the power of wind energy to a hybrid (wind and solar).
Measure all voltage current with the multimeter
Exampe hypothesis: A wind turbine windmill produces more energy output than just a hybrid driven windmill.
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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.
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This kit and the Windmill kit come packaged together.
Each kit includes all parts that you will need:
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.
Many adults who are considering home power systems will profit from the lessons taught by these simple experiments. Each experiment takes from 10 to 15 minutes to perform, a perfect length of time for classroom use.
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With the The Intermediate Deluxe Solar Educational Kit you can now develop a very unique science fair project by combining it with the PicoTurbine Windmill or PicoTurbine Windmill & DC Experiments. At the same time your child 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. Discover how to harness solar energy and apply 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 voltage.
Learn how to increase current.
How to use solar power to produce energy for a radio, calculator, battery charger, cassette player and more..
Manual
Ages 8 and up
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Interesting background information: Producing electricity from solar energy was a great discovery in 1797 by a Swiss scientist, Horace de Saussure when he built the first thermal solar collector which was later used to heat water and cook food.
Producing electricity from solar energy was the second great discovery in 1839 by a French physicist named Edmund Becquerel. He realized that the sun's energy could produce a "photovoltaic effect" (photo = light, voltaic = electrical potential).
But it wasn'tuntil Albert Einstein proposed an explanation for the "photoelectric effect" in the early 1900s, for which he won a Nobel Prize, that people began to understand the related photovoltaic effect.
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Note: You receive parts to build the
items pictured.
The Windmill and DC Experiments kit are packaged together.
If you need a different combination of items, please email
us for a quote: Madeline@super-science-fair-projects.com
1-800-296-3650
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You will receive links to 50 science fair project abstracts and ideas with your receipt that appears after you pay in a web page format.
You need a multimeter to test current with this package. If your students do not have one go to Discount Package for Classroom Experiments on Wind/Solar Energy kit because it is the same package as below but with a multimeter included.
1 - PicoTurbine Wind Science Classroom Kit (Includes PicoTurbine Savonius V2 Plus Educational Wind Turbine Windmill & Rectifiction DC Experiments Kit - packaged together, 1-Intermediate Deluxe Solar Education kit + Free SciFair eBook), a $21.95 bonus gift + links to 50 science fair project experiment abstracts!
Retail Price: $76.45 Our Price: $72.63
10 - PicoTurbine Wind Science Classroom Kits (Includes 10 PicoTurbine Savonius V2 Plus Educational Wind Turbine Windmill & 10 Rectifiction DC Experiments Kit - packaged together, 10 Intermediate Deluxe Solar Education kit + Free Teacher's Guide to SciFair eBook), a $39 bonus gift + links to 50 science fair project experiment abstracts!
Retail Price: $764.50 Our Price: $703.34
30 - PicoTurbine Wind Science Classroom Kits (Includes 30 PicoTurbine Savonius V2 Plus Educational Wind Turbine Windmill & 30 Rectifiction DC Experiments Kit - packaged together, 30 Intermediate Deluxe Solar Education kit + Free Teacher's Guide to SciFair eBook), a $39 bonus gift + links to 50 science fair project experiment abstracts!
Retail Price: $2293.50 Our Price: $2064.15
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