Product Description
£545.00 ex VAT | £654.00 Inc VAT
The same as the KidWind simpleGEN but has enough materials to build 10 generators and includes three digital multimeters.
Your students can now investigate the fundamentals of electrical generator design with an easy to build AC generator. The KidWind SimpleGEN enables you to demonstrate Faraday’s law, light LEDs, and perform experiments that explore how coils, magnets, and rotation affect electrical generation. Convert your generator into a simple motor just by making a few quick alterations whilst also allowing for greater exploration. Further still, you can convert your simpleGEN into a wind turbine nacelle.
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Activites
- Build your own generator
- Generate electricity
- AC power output
- Light LEDs
- Compare different designs (coils, magnets, spinning)
- Measure voltage output
Concepts
- Understanding clean energy
- Exploring energy transformations
- Exploring the relationship between energy and forces
- Developing and using physical models
- Collecting data with advanced tools
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Using mathematics to explain and understand data
- Designing controlled experiments
- Optimizing designs
Lessons, Tips and Challenges
Download lessons, learn tips for building turbines, and check out the KidWind Challenges. Go to kidwind.org
Free Experiments
- Generate Power with simpleGEN
- Spin the simpleGEN with Wind
- Multiply Power of simpleGEN
- Download all 3 simpleGEN experiments
What's Included
- 10 x Wind Turbine Hub
- 10 x Alligator clip cord pair
- 3 x Digital multimeter
- 10 x Sandpaper 1/8 sheet
- 10 x Magnet holder
- 40 x Ceramic magnet
- 10 x 8″ hex shaft with hub quick connect
- 10 x 4″ hex shaft
- 20 x Simple hand generator housing set
- 150 x Dowels*
- 10 x Red superbright LED*
- 10 x Bi-polar LED bulb*
- 10 x 28 gauge magnet wire with spool*
Ideal Solutions for Enquiry Based Learning
5 Year Warranty on most items
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Connectivity with iOS, Mac, Android, Windows and Chromebooks
Guaranteed Quality and Support
Extensive Support Materials
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The simpleGEN is an easy-to-build AC generator that allows students to explore the basics of electrical generator design.
Your students can now investigate the fundamentals of electrical generator design with an easy to build AC generator. The KidWind SimpleGEN enables you to demonstrate Faraday's law, light LEDs, and perform experiments that explore how coils, magnets, and rotation affect electrical generation. Convert your generator into a simple motor just by making a few quick alterations whilst also allowing for greater exploration. Further still, you can convert your simpleGEN into a wind turbine nacelle.
The simpleGEN classroom pack has enough materials to build 10 generators and includes three digital multimeters.
This Kit is also available in the KidWind simpleGEN Classroom Pack.
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