SEED Science

Energy

 
 

Laboratory
Energy

  • Build a Solar Cooker

    Solar cooker

    Use the energy of the Sun to cook food…  

  • Fishing Game

    Fishing Game

    Can you be a successful fisherman while preserving the common fishing grounds for everyone?    

  • Build a Better Battery

    Grapefruit battery(1)

    Our lemon batteries used zinc and copper as electrodes. You could try other metals.  

  • Design an Energy Efficient Building

    Students at Malaysia workshop building prototype

    For this project you will design a building that uses energy as efficiently as possible. Look at traditional buildings in your area for ideas on how to minimize energy use.  

  • An Energy Playground

    Energy-efficient playground in thailand

    People expend a lot of energy walking, running, riding bicycles and lifting things. What if all this energy could be harnessed to do work that is now being done by using conventional sources of energy?  

  • How Long Can an Ice Cube Last?

    engr_icecube

    For this challenge, you will design an environment that will keep an ice cube from melting for as long as possible.  

  • Pot-in-Pot Refrigerator

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    Mohammed Bah Abba is from northern Nigeria. He won the 2001 Rolex Awards for Enterprise for his invention...  

  • Build a Solar Water Heater

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    Many designs for solar water heaters circulate water through a series of coiled or looped tubes in a collector box with a transparent cover facing the Sun...  

  • Sun Tracker

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    In this activity, you will explore how to maximize the performance of a solar cell for the part of the world where you live...