Carolina Power House Kit User Manual
Version 2.0
Kit Contents
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1e
1b
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1d
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The Power House experiment kit contains the
following parts:
Description Qty. Item No.
1 Power House polystyrene parts: 708662
a) Base, roof sections, inserts
b) Wall (pointed) with house door
c) Wall (pointed) with window
d) Wall with solarium
e) Wall with window
2 Solar cell 1 708678
3 Solar motor 1 709143
4 Contact Clips 4 708664
5 Thermometer 1 232105
6 Black bottle
(Solar collector) 1 263160
7 Lid 1 709131
8 Large dowel 1 263118
9 LED 1 000145
10 Solarium cover 1 708665
11 Long wooden sticks 2 020042
12 Black paper sheet 1 702303
13 Propeller 1 263143
14 Sandpaper 1 700881
15 Plastic pot 3 705804
16 Disk 1 708666
17 Short wooden sticks 8 705296
18 Die-cut sheet 1 708663
19 Cut-out sheet 1 709170
20 Connecting wire, black 1 263140
21 Connecting wire, red 1 263139
22 Small dowel 1 709140
23 Straight drinking straw 1 707597
24 Bendable drinking straw 1 529118
25 Fastening clips 3 020039
1c
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11
21
3
24
8
14
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4
22
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Additional Items Needed
You will also need various household items
for some of your experiments. These items are
highlighted in italics in the individual experiments. Before beginning an experiment, carefully read through the list of all the things you
will need, and make sure to get anything that
might be missing.
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Table of Contents
Research for the future .........................4
Construction material ..........................6
Cold, warmer, hot .............................8
Project Power House .......................... 10
Heat — familiar yet mysterious ................. 20
The sun as heat dispenser ...................... 24
There’s something in the air ....................28
Water, salt, and rain ...........................32
Great climate ................................34
Light and heat from the sun .................... 36
Electricity from solar energy ................... 42
Energy from the wind .........................50
Tricks that plants use .......................... 60
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