Renewable Energy Kit

Using PASCO's renewable energy kit, students will be challenged to create a designs for solar and/or wind power that maximize energy output under explored sets of conditions. Students have full control of blade number, blade angles, electric loads, solar incidence, affect of dust ...Using PASCO's renewable energy kit, students will be challenged to create a designs for solar and/or wind power that maximize energy output under explored sets of conditions. Students have full control of blade number, blade angles, electric loads, solar incidence, affect of dust on solar cells in order to find the optimal orientation for power generation.

This is a great way to leverage the knowledge they’ve acquired for an engineering design challenge and bring STEM into your classroom. What's Included 6x 6" Long turbine blades 6x 8" Long turbine blades 6x STEM adapters for student designed blades 6x wooden dowels to attach student designed blades 1x Tall Tower 1x Weighted base 1x Nacelle with generator 1x 1 W Solar Cell 1x LED 1x buzzer 2x Patch Cords Add PASCO's voltage and current sensors, students can quantifiably: Demonstrate the effect of angle, light intensity, and temperature of solar cell output Graph solar cell and wind turbine efficiency Model how number of blades, length, pitch, and shape determine wind turbine power output Explore concepts like energy transformation, power curves, and efficiency change in these conditions