Lunar Car – Solar Powered Robot Kit

The Solar Powered Lunar Car is a complex model that will move across a flat surface once assembled correctly. The model comes in multiple parts to construct which helps educate children on a multitude of things, like gear box operation, motor operation and the potential of solar power.

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Solar Powered Racer By Science Time

This Solar Powered Racer is a great way to educate children through play. It effectively demonstrates the abilities of solar panels in converting sunlight into electrical energy, this energy is then used to power a motor which causes the racer to race along. The Racer then shows a child how sunlight can be turned into movement.

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Solar Powered Bottle Boat Kit

The Solar Powered Bottle Boat kit contains the basic equipment required to transform a plastic bottle into a solar powered boat, just supply your own plastic bottle. The kit comes with an instruction book that gives the instructions to create three different boats: a surface submarine, a speed boat and an air boat. The kit can also be used in other ways, allowing some inventiveness with bottles and the equipment to create a powered boat.

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Frightened Grasshopper – Solar Powered Bug Toy

The Frightened Grasshopper is a little solar powered toy bug that moves around mimicking a real grasshopper. It is a life size model of a grasshopper that you construct yourself. Once built it will shiver or bounce around while under light.

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The Flexy – A Slinky Made Of Cardboard

The Flexy reminds you of the simple joy cardboard can bring.  Shaped and pieced together from cardboard, it is designed to work like the famous metal slinky.

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Wooden Model Biplane With Solar-Powered Propeller

The Solar-Powered Wooden Biplane Model is an example of the power that modern solar panels have. The Biplane comes in kit form to be constructed and features a working propeller that is powered by solar panels on the top of its wings.

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Solar-Powered Garden Insect Theatre

The Solar-Powered Garden Insect Theatre combines a solar-powered light with a sustainable insect habitat to attract insects into your garden and the insect theatre itself. During the day, the solar panel charges up the internal battery. At night, the theatre lights up, attracting a range of insects such as moths, lacewings and butterflies. When dawn comes along, the internal light automatically switches off, and the batteries are charged up again. (more…)

World’s Smallest Solar Powered Racing Car

The World’s Smallest Solar Powered Racing Car is basically a tiny racing car powered exclusively by solar energy. Using a tiny solar panel, the car moves along any smooth flat surface using it’s tiny electric motor. Just shine a bright light on the car, or put it into sunlight to get it to move. (more…)

Solar and Windup Powered Dinosaur Kit

We love eco gadgets for kids here at EnviroGadget, probably because we’re kids at heart. The latest educational eco toy for children is the Solar and Windup Powered Dinosaur Kit. The kit features a walking dinosaur with a solar panel and a wind up crank that provides the toy with all the energy it needs. (more…)

H2Go Radio Controlled Hydrogen Powered Car

The H2Go Radio Controlled Hydrogen Powered Car is probably one of the most advanced eco and educational toys you’ll ever see for children. Basically the car is powered using hydrogen gas, and can reach speeds of up to 6 miles an hour (which is a scale speed equivalent to 80mph!). (more…)