Over the course of conducting the 100 experiments included in
the Thames & Kosmos Power House 2.0, children will actually
build a house with insulated construction materials and run
various tests utilizing solar power and wind power. Each
experiment will not only help children understand how their own
homes function, but also how to use sustainable energy and why
it is becoming increasingly important. The full color experiment
manual begins by instructing children how to build the Power
House out of the polystyrene foam panels, which are used to help
demonstrate why it is important for construction materials to be
poor conductors of heat and cold. Children will see how it traps
warm air in the winter and cold air in the summer, so families
will use less energy keeping their homes comfortable. While new
home construction designs can benefit from the heating elements
of the sun, the sunís energy can also be turned into electricity
using the included solar panel, wires, and motor. Throughout the
course of the ex