Kids Solar Power Learning Experiment Projects Set

I am really, really impressed with electric circuitry sets. They are incredible. For elementary children, a perfect activity to share with grandparents. These sets are targeted for slightly older children, but my hunch is that grandchildren and grandparents working on them together will be much more fun and much more educational.

Bought three for some young kids that I know to stimulate their intellectual development, 2 boys, 1 girl. I looked at the kit before I gave them away and it looks like a VERY GOOD product. Price and shipping service were fine.

I've purchased a series of these kits for my autistic nephew. He loves them. This one was especially perfect as he is obsessed with solar lights -- his other aunt actually buys him solar lawn lights. He'll play with these for hours -- he calls it working as in "Mom, not now, I'm working!" -- unsupervised. He's 10 yrs old now and I've been buying them for him for 2 years. I can't recommend them enough.

I originally got this because I am interested in using solar power as an emergency backup and wanted to get a feel for it, and learn more by "playing" around with this kit. The book that comes with it is very clear and easy for children to understand. My ten year old daughter fell in love with it, and has enjoyed hooking the various components to the solar panel. She even decided to use it as part of her science fair project!

I bought the set just to get the solar panel and the dc motor. I built a rig with a string drive to a 4 inch wooden pulley which drives a wooden link and pumps a rocking bar up and down. It doesn't accomplish anything but looks impressive. The panel delivers enough power to drive the motor which makes the whole rig pump away looking like a fast oil well pump. It makes an impressive demonstration of solar power at work.