Build the energy-smart home your parents only dreamed of.

Cross the threshold into the world of sustainable energy with Power House, an alternative-energy model home that you build and operate. You�ll work with an imaginary group of island dwellers to harness energy from the sun and the wind. You�ll also learn to use electrochemical, electromagnetic and plant energy. There are 70 experiments and 20 building projects, ranging from making a solar oven to constructing a real working greenhouse!

Nine chapters in a 100 page, full color manual, include:
~ The Heat Trap: How to capture the sun to heat your home.
~ The Sun Furnace: How to collect the sun's energy and heat water.
~ The Sun Burners: How to use the sun to cook.
~ The Water Campfire: How to make drinking water from the sea and dry your own fruit.
~ The Heat Absorbers: How evaporation provides cooling.
~ Power and Plants: How plants convert sunlight and preserve your food.
~ The Energy Converters: How to extract electric current from sunlight and metals in acid.
~ The Force of Magnetism: Learn about Magnetic Fields and intersect them to generate electric current.
~ Wings in the Wind: How wings and sails transform energy.


Kit includes house, experiment manual and all materials

Awards:
National Parenting Center Seal of Approval, 2003

Ages 12 and up.
Grades 7 and up.

2946 - Solar Power House Kit - $150.00