[RE-wrenches] Solar Presentations for Kids

[Kelly Holte]

Jason,

An hour?! That's the toughest crowd on the planet. But also the most
rewarding.  I recently did one of those gigs for a school (we did an install
there last summer) and did an "audience participation" where a group of
three boys were photons, and three girls were electrons, with the teacher
being the sun. Had a module set up on a stand and had the teacher send the
photons to the mod, and then the electrons moved from the mod  to spin me
around in an office chair..about a 5 minute thing, but the kids loved it.
Also had a solar powered attic fan (the real thing) with a  detached module
to show them more than just a toy ( protected fan with hardware cloth so no
curious fingers could explore the blades) they were able to see what happens
when the module is in sunlight and then out of sunlight. Got a lot of "wows"
out of that..If you will contact me off list, I will send you the short
power point that I used. at the teacher's request I left a copy in the
library computer for their future use...

 

 

Holt E. Kelly

Holtek Fireplace & Solar Products

500 Jewell Dr.

Waco, TX 76712

www.holteksolar.com <http://www.holteksolar.com/> 

254-751-9111

 

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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jason
Szumlanski
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 6:39 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Solar Presentations for Kids

 

I'm looking for an idea, project, or pre-made kit to engage a group of 6-10
year old kids for an hour. I've been doing PowerPoint presentations and
games in the past for these types of events, but I'm finding it a bit stale.
Any ideas to create a little more excitement and wonder?

 

Jason Szumlanski

Fafco Solar

 

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