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 Desk Fan By Solar Technology

This Solar Powered Desk Fan made by Solar Technology has been crafted from perspex. The fan takes advantage of even a small amount of light from a desk lamp to turn its blades and keep you cool.

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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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Solar Powered Dragonflys By Tamiya

The Solar Powered Dragonflys made by Tamiya allow you to see realistic movements of dragonfly wings up close. They come as a model kit to be constructed, to help educate about solar power through the fun of construction.

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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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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 Speed Boat Eco Toy

Getting the kids interested in the environment with eco-friendly toys is a great idea. The Solar-Powered Speed Boat Kit will keep the children occupied for a few days at least, as the toy helps children to learn about solar energy and motors. The kit includes all the parts needed to construct a boat that powers itself along water using two large paddles. (more…)

The Renewable Energy Experiment Kit

The Renewable Energy Experiment Kit is a complete eco toy that allows children to experiment with different renewable energy sources. The kit includes a wind turbine, a solar cell, electrolytic cells and a hand-powered dynamo which can all be used to generate electricity. The generated electricity is stored in a built-in rechargeable battery, and the effectiveness of each energy source can be measured using the built-in voltmeter. (more…)

6-in-1 Solar Powered Robot Kit

For those who love eco toys, here’s a 6-in-1 Solar Powered Robot Kit where you can make a dog, a boat, a moving plane, a car, a windmill and a desktop plane! Although the robot kit is aimed at kids, I’d be more than happy to have one of these on my office desk. Using just 25 parts and no screws, you can easily make each of these designs using just solar energy for power. (more…)