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Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Pfizerstr. 5-7, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany | +49 (0) 711 2191-0 | www.kosmos.de
Thames & Kosmos, 301 Friendship St., Providence, RI, 02903, USA | 1-800-587-2872 | www.thamesandkosmos.com
Thames & Kosmos UK, Old Oxted, Surrey, UK | 01883-730122 | www.thamesandkosmos.co.uk
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- Page 1 E X PE R I M E NT M A N UA L Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Pfizerstr. 5-7, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany | +49 (0) 711 2191-0 | www.kosmos.de Thames & Kosmos, 301 Friendship St., Providence, RI, 02903, USA | 1-800-587-2872 | www.thamesandkosmos.com Thames &...
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Page 2: Safety Information
Solar BOAT | SAFETY INFORMATION WARNING! Not suitable for children under 3 years of age. There is a risk of choking due to small parts that may be swallowed or inhaled. Keep the experiment materials and finished models out of the reach of small children. There is a risk of strangulation if long cords are wrapped around the neck. -
Page 3: Experiment To Hit The Ground Running
Solar Boat Using the power of the sun YOU WILL NEED › Solar module › Motor shaft › Sunlight HERE’S HOW Insert the motor shaft into the module WHAT’S HAPPENING? short end first, and slide the module switch to the “sun” symbol. Hold the... -
Page 4: The Parts In Your Kit
Solar Boat | The parts in your kit x 11 Description Description Qty. Item No. Qty. Item No. 714126 714009 5-HOLE DUAL-ROD SOLAR MODULE with Motor FLOAT 714010 5-HOLE ROD 714179 714011 714128 FLOAT COVER 90-DEGREE CONVERTER - R MOTOR SHAFT... -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
MODELS AND EXPERIMENTS Solar Boat ..............5 Experiment 1: Powering along in shallow water? Find out how the solar boat does it. Solar Windmill ............... 9 Experiment 2: Wind energy and solar energy — your windmill brings the two together. -
Page 6: Tips And Tricks
Solar Boat | Tips and Tricks THE ANCHOR PIN LEVER Take a look inside the kit box and find a little yellow tool — the anchor pin lever. 1. The “A” end of the lever lets you remove anchor pins easily. -
Page 7: Solar Boat
Solar Boat Solar Boat Your quick and agile airboat can zip across swamps, marshes, and shallow bodies of water. An airboat is made with one or more shallow hulls and a large propeller driven by a powerful motor. You can use the solar module to build your very own... - Page 8 Solar Boat | Solar Boat Required Parts...
- Page 9 Solar Boat | Solar Boat Completed...
- Page 10 WHAT’S HAPPENING? in reverse. So the person piloting an airboat has to steer carefully The two floats help the solar boat in order to get it to the right float on the water. The motor powers destination. Along with rubber rafts,...
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Page 11: Solar Windmill
Solar Boat Solar Windmill Windmills use their giant rotors to convert wind energy into electricity. These days, you will sometimes see lots of wind turbines collected together in a single large wind farm. This way, a lot of electricity can be produced at once. An average- sized windmill can be as tall as an apartment building, with rotor blades as long as a passenger plane. - Page 12 Solar Boat | Solar Windmill Required Parts...
- Page 13 Solar Windmill | Solar Boat Completed...
- Page 14 Solar Boat | Solar Windmill EXPERIMENT 2 DID YOU KNOW … When does your The largest electricity- windmill turn? producing windmill in the world is in Brandenburg, Germany. With a height of 205 meters, it YOU WILL NEED is as tall as a 75-story building! ›...
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Page 15: Solar Plane
Solar Boat Solar Plane It’s hard to believe – motor-powered airplanes have only been in use for about a hundred years. In large airplanes, extremely powerful turbines take the place of motors. Planes that fly using electricity produced by solar cells are a recent innovation. - Page 16 Solar Boat | Solar Plane Required Parts...
- Page 17 Solar Plane | Solar Boat Completed...
- Page 18 Solar Boat | Solar Plane EXPERIMENT 3 When does an airplane fly? YOU WILL NEED › The assembled solar plane › Energy source (sunlight, halogen energy- saving bulb, battery) › Strip of paper, about 2 x 10 cm HERE’S HOW...
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Page 19: Solar Fan
Solar Boat Solar Fan This fan will be particularly handy in the summer. It keeps the air moving so you can keep cool. Fans come in all sizes. Assemble your very own solar fan here! - Page 20 Solar Boat | Solar Fan Required Parts...
- Page 21 Solar Fan | Solar Boat Completed...
- Page 22 Solar Boat | Solar Fan EXPERIMENT 4 Where does your fan blow? YOU WILL NEED › The assembled fan › Energy source (sunlight, halogen energy- saving bulb, battery) HERE’S HOW WHAT’S HAPPENING? Power the fan with the solar cell or the The fan creates a stream of air.
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Page 23: Solar Rocket
Solar Boat Solar Rocket In order to lift off into space, there’s one thing a rocket needs most of all: a lot of thrust. The thrust, or propulsion, is created by powerful engines and turbines. All space rockets consist mostly of fuel tanks! You might not be able to take off into space with your rocket, but you will be able to zip around closer to home. - Page 24 Solar Boat | Solar Rocket Required Parts...
- Page 25 Solar Rocket | Solar Boat Completed...
- Page 26 Solar Boat | Solar Rocket EXPERIMENT 5 How does your rocket fly? YOU WILL NEED › The assembled rocket › String (1.4 m) › Energy source (sunlight, halogen energy- saving bulb, battery) HERE’S HOW For this experiment, it’s best to start by running the rocket on battery power.
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Page 27: Solar Spaceship
Solar Boat Solar Spaceship Spaceships glide through space seemingly weightless and friction-free. The spaceship Apollo 11 carried humans to the Moon for the first time. A lot of spaceships are equipped with solar modules for their energy needs. - Page 28 Solar Boat | Solar Spaceship Required Parts 7398-6 7398-6 7398-6...
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- Page 30 Solar Boat | Solar Spaceship EXPERIMENT 6 How does your spaceship fly? YOU WILL NEED › The assembled spaceship › String (2.6 m) › Tube › Energy source (sunlight, halogen energy- saving bulb, battery) › 2 chairs › Tape › Weight HERE’S HOW...
- Page 31 Check It Out | Solar Boat How does a solar cell work? When the sun shines on a solar cell, the electrons in the cell start to move. Wherever there are a lot of electrons, a negative pole forms. Wherever there are “electron holes,” a positive pole forms.
- Page 32 Solar Boat | Check It Out AIRBOAT To steer an airboat, air from the fan is guided past large rudders. The captain just has to adjust the direction of these rudders in order to steer. Airboats are especially popular for...
- Page 33 Check It Out | Solar Boat What do a rocket and an octopus have in common? The recoil principle! The octopus moves forward with the same force with which it pushes water out of its body to the rear.
- Page 34 Solar Boat | Check It Out...
- Page 35 Solar Boat Kosmos Quality and Safety More than one hundred years of expertise in publishing science experiment kits stand behind every product that bears the Kosmos name. Kosmos experiment kits are designed by an experienced team of specialists and tested with the utmost care during development and production. With regard to product safety, these experiment kits follow European and US safety standards, as well as our own refined proprietary safety guidelines.