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thames & kosmos 555002 wind power 2 . 0
thames & kosmos t & k was founded in 2001 with the mission of improving informal science education by publishing high quality science and technology related educational products for children of all ages t & k places an emphasis on teaching concepts and skills through hands on modeling of real world devices and processes and by offering comprehensive meaningful reading materials for a rich learning experience build wind powered generators to energize your electric vehicles and charge your rechargeable batteries the wind spins the turbine which turns an electric generator which in turn charges your rechargeable aa batteries not included you can then use those wind charged batteries to power the model vehicles you build the six models include a glider sail car jet car tractor racecar and tricycle this kit includes two styles of wind turbine blades and a gearbox with three different gear ratios for experimenting you can adjust the angle and number of wind turbine blades to make best use of wind to make the led light up brightly and to charge the rechargeable battery as fast as possible explore this amazing free source of renewable energy and store the electricity you generate for use in practical applications this kit includes a 40 page color instruction book with illustrated step by step instructions for assembling two windmills and six model vehicles and conducting various experiments the 133 building pieces included in this set are compatible with those in all thames & kosmos construction series kits physics series kits wind power and hydropower kits dimensions 14 6 x 11 5 x 3 1 warning this set contains chemicals that may be harmful if misused read cautions on individual containers carefully not to be used by children except under adult supervision battery operated toy do not mix old and new batteries do not mix alkalin sku thkos071
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