Saturday, June 7, 2008

A solar engineer

"Did you know that in less than 1 hour the sun delivers as much free energy as will be consumed by earth's population for one entire year? Solar energy is not only unending, the amount produced is staggering. As the cost for producing solar energy drops, and the costs of fossil fuel rises, producing energy from the sun will become more widespread."

Caleb & I started working on this solar kit today. The quote above is found in the book that came with it. The kit has over 30 experiments and then he'll build 12 different models. He was so excited building the basic solar model and seeing his engine spinning a sprocket wheel. We also built a "tractor." It'll be fun to see everything we can do.


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