SCE-1710

ScienceWiz-Energy Kit

$47.00

Discover what energy is, how we make it now and the choices awaiting us in the future. Learn about carbon emissions and climate change.

For ages 8 and up.

Note: One 1.5V size D battery and one 9V battery are required and are NOT included with the pack.

Pack includes:

  • full colour 48 page booklets
  • solar cells
  • car assemblies
  • ultra capacitors
  • battery bands
  • motors
  • buzzers
  • LEDs
  • magnifiers
  • stoppers for flywheel generator
  • pinwheels to model turbines
  • propellers
  • mylar reflectors
  • battery assemblies (wires, 3 cups, 3 copper rivets, 3 zinc coated nails, battery cards)
  • tea candles, 6 feathers, large lump of coal
  • large marbles
  • laminated teacher’s guide


Student Experiments:

  • Categorize the types of energy and define what energy is.
  • Experiment with kinetic and potential energy and construct an energy chain reaction.
  • Convert energy from one form to another and determine which materials can be used to make specific energy transfers.
  • Learn the Laws of Conservation of Mass and Energy.
  • Explore how energy is used in modern society.
  • Make a flywheel generator, take apart a motor and spin a turbine to understand how electrical power is currently generated.
  • Compare wind, water, coal, natural gas and nuclear power sources.
  • Investigate energy choices for heating and transportation.
  • Quantify and explore fossil fuel emissions and its impact on the climate.
  • Spin a propeller with a solar cell, build a solar car and learn how they work.
  • Discuss solar energy, its peaks and valleys.
  • Launch a super capacitor car and an electric car.
  • Build a battery with multiple cells to light an LED.
  • Discover how solar cells work.
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