Brief Explanation of my project:
For this project, me and my partner will be looking at the solar energy transformation. Solar radiation is light released by the sun, also known as electromagnetic radiation. While every area on Earth receives some sunlight over the course of a year, the quantity of solar energy reaching any one spot on the planet’s surface differs. In addition, different time periods also affects the amount of sunlight situated in a specific location. Anyhow, the solar technology lastly captures the radiation from the sun and converts it into usable energy.
For my project, me and my partner will be creating a simulation of this concept of solar energy’s transformation to kinetic energy of the car. We decided to use solar panels and one main motor in which will power up the motor and spin the fan blade, with some wind support, the fan blade will then spin and eventually turn into kinetic energy in which will push the car forward.
(Above is a sketch of what our project is going to look like)
This device is a mini solar panel powered car, the car has a solar panel in which receives sunlight and transfers the sunlight’s energy into the motor in which then turns into electric energy. At the end of the car, there is an additional fan blade made out of plastic which is connected to the motor of the car. The energy from the motor causes the fan blade to spin in which then turns into kinetic energy of the car.
Materials needed:
1x Woodblock
1x Motor
1x button – on/off
1x Solar panel
4x Car wheels
2x thin wooden skewers
1x Plastic Cup Bottle
2x Plastic Straw
3x wires
Lesson plan:
For the first lesson, I would gather all materials and review my plan
For the second lesson, I would start to make the base for my device
For the third lesson, I would make each separate parts of the device
For the fourth lesson, I would assemble all the materials together, and finish little detail appearance adjustments
For the last lesson, I would revise my final experiment and test it out under the sunlight
Videos of experiment