K'NEX Solar Energy System- Invigorate Your Students

Choices about energy supply and avenues for solving energy concerns are important scientific, technical and social issues that students will face in the future. Evaluating these issues and finding the most appropriate solutions will be easier if the people making the decisions have a basic understanding of the scientific process and can address the issues and concerns with informed logic.

• The K'NEX Solar Energy System is a terrific introduction to solar power through its use of hands-on experiments. The exclusive K'NEX Solar Panel uses sunlight or incandescent light to power fun-to-build K'NEX models--in the classroom or out!
  
• The set can be used to lay the foundation for further investigations into the possibilities for renewable energy.
  
• The accompanying guide, written for grades 6-9, adopts an inquiry-based approach and is designed to accommodate a wide range of teacher guidance and direction in the classroom. It offers ideas for teaching activities, using the K'NEX Education Solar Energy System set, that can help develop and reinforce students' knowledge and understanding of key energy and other physical science concepts.