List of Energy Tools for Teaching

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1	This is a list of energy related tools/kits that may be helpful for educators from elementary school to college. It was put together by Cory Budischak the Department Chair of Energy Technologies at Delaware Tech. If you have any comments/suggestions please comment on this spreadsheet or email Cory at cbudisch@dtcc.edu.
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6	Kill-a-Watt	Quickly and easily determine the power any appliance is using. If you keep it plugged in, you can also keep track of the energy an appliance uses which is great to teach students the connection between power and energy.	$20.00	http://www.p3international.com/products/p4400.html
7	Solar Cell Kit	This kit comes with three solar cells and everything you need to put them into series/parallel. It also comes with a lightbulb, music player, and fan, which all are powered by hooking the cells up in different configurations. I would highly recommend not giving the students the instructions because they will learn more by trying different configurations to power the equipment. You need some indoor lamps (or a sunny day) in order to use this equipment.	$40.00	http://www.sitech.co.nz/product_details/c/455/p/1020/d/1
8	Infrared Temperature Sensor	This temperature sensor is a laser pointer that gives you the temperature of whatever you point the laser at. It can be helpful for detecting wall areas with bad insulation, where the heating or cooling is coming out of and all sorts of other uses.	$20-$400 depending on the accuracy/brand	https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=infrared+temperature+sensor&tbm=shop
9	Lego Renewable Energy Kit	This kit comes with a wind turbine, a solar panel, and a great e-meter which can measure the power and the energy of these devices. It is meant to be paired with the lego mindstorms starter pack, but can be used alone.	$110.00	https://shop.education.lego.com/legoed/en-US/catalog/product.jsp?productId=9688&ProductName=Renewable-Energy-Add-On-Set&ProductLine=Machines-&-Mechanisms
10	Lego Mindstorms	Mindstorms is basically a lego set that students can program. Think of it as a simple robotics kit. When paired with the Lego Renewable Energy kit, students can building their very own solar/wind trackers where the robot will automatically find the direction to face to produce the most power. Also, students can build there own solar cars which they can easily experiment with gear ratios.	$400.00	https://shop.education.lego.com/legoed/en-US/catalog/product.jsp?productId=5003404&isSimpleSearch=false&ProductName=NXT-Base-Set-and-Software-Pack&ProductLine=LEGO-MINDSTORMS-Education-NXT
11	KidWind	KidWind offers a variety of wind turbines that students can make and test themselves.	$100+	http://store.kidwind.org/
12	Junior Solar Sprint Kits	The Junior Solar Sprint is a competition backed by the National Renewable Energy Lab. It is a solar car race that usually takes place between many schools. The kits are relatively inexpensive and hopefully you can find a competition near your school.	$20+ depending on what materials you need	http://www.nrel.gov/education/jss_hfc.html
13	Horizon Wind Turbine Kits	The wind turbines in many of these kits can be modified to change the blade pitch and the blade number.	$60+	http://fuelcellstore.com/wind-power
14	Onset Temp/RH/Light Data Loggers	Monitor a building for energy waste including leaving the lights on or heating/cooling the building at night.	$140.00	http://www.onsetcomp.com/products/data-loggers/u12-012?gclid=CjwKCAiAoqXQBRA8EiwAIIOWsrBqUsAEFsoLKif3BYHtc3jf4btj2oaNFq3DhZ22AdB8-oaWU6J-0hoCrm4QAvD_BwE
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