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“L. DA VINCI”

SECONDARY SCHOOL

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Year 7 - 2B 2G 2H

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HOW TO CREATE A SOLAR PANEL

You need:

  • A sheet of copper
  • A copper cable
  • A plastic bottle
  • Water
  • Salt

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Take a sheet of copper and cut it into two halves.

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Heat one of the two pieces on an oven for twenty-thirty minutes and then get it cooled

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Stick on it a copper cable, then clean the area where the cable has to be welded.

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Weld another copper cable on the other half.

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Cut a plastic bottle into two halves, then take the bottom one and pour hot water and salt in it.

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Put one of the two hot copper sheet on one side of the bottle in the water, keeping the copper cable out.

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Do the same with the second piece of heated copper and fix it on the opposite side of the bottle.

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Now the solar panel is ready to work with little objects