Piper Make Solar House

• Grades: 3+
• Number of Students: Recommended 1 per kit
• Additional Resources: Play Piper Make Portal, Piper Make Playbooks

Highlights:

The Solar House is a widget of the Piper Make Clean Energy Expedition Kit, and the coolest way to start exploring how solar energy can power our homes! The Solar House is an add-on and REQUIRES a Piper Make Starter Kit with the Raspberry Pi Pico to get started (sold separately).

It's more important than ever to understand how we can harness energy from the world around us in environmentally-conscious ways. And what better way to learn those concepts early than with your very own solar house? With a solar panel atop the roof, you'll build circuits to understand how to save solar energy, simulate the sun with your own flashlight, and use it to light up your house. Plus as Piperbot and Pip learn how Zomars on Mars conserve their solar energy before a sandstorm, you'll be learning some of the most important lessons about clean energy. 

Curriculum or Lesson Plans:

This kit includes the Solar House lesson free and accessible on make.playpiper.com.

What's Included:

• Solar Panel with Jumper Wires (1)
• Laser Cut, Laser Etched Wood Pieces
• Screws (4)
• Nuts (4)
• 10V Capacitor (1)
• Velcro (2)
• 1MΩ Resistor (3)
• Blueprint
• Piper Make Sticker

Technical Requirements:

Piper Make is designed to work with Chromebooks, or any other computer using a Chrome browser – just connect to your computer using the included micro-USB to USB-A cable.