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The Solar Car kit on a classroom desk: the box, the student guide open to the build pages, the finished car and every part laid out beside it
The assembled solar car and its wooden remote control, the solar panel on the roof and both antennas extended
A girl at a classroom desk driving the finished solar car with the wooden remote, the kit box and the student guide beside her
Everything in the Solar Car kit laid out: screwdriver, axles, wheels, motor, two circuit boards, two battery cases, AA batteries, the solar panel, screws and the laser-cut wooden boards
The Remote Control Solar Car student guide, its cover beside the open spread showing the solar energy page and the first three build steps
The Remote Control Solar Car Kit box in green and blue, showing the built car and remote with the Ages 10+ badge

STEM Education Series

Remote Control Solar Car Kit

$15.00

Build a solar car and the remote control that drives it! Assemble the wooden car, wire the motor and solar panel, then build a remote from scratch.

The solar panel turns sunlight into electricity that powers the motor. It is a real, hands-on look at how renewable energy can power cleaner ways to travel. Press a button, send it forward or back, and see how light energy becomes motion.

Amount
Amount: Individual

The Big Idea

Solar panels convert energy from sunlight into electrical energy.

Ages
10+Adult supervision required.
  • Renewable Energy
  • Circuitry
  • Engineering
  • Problem Solving

Safety

  • Contains small parts. Not suitable for children under 3.
  • Adult supervision required.
The finished solar car with its panel raised on the roof and its antenna up, beside the wooden remote control with two red buttons

What’s in the Kit

  • All materials to build one Remote Control Solar Car and remote control
  • Full color, step-by-step instructions

What you add

  • Four AA batteries

Real-world connection

Why a Car That Runs on Sunlight?

Solar panels are made of photovoltaic cells, usually built from silicon, that turn sunlight into electricity. Solar energy is renewable, and engineers use it to design solar-powered vehicles and cleaner ways to travel.

The Remote Control Solar Car Kit puts these ideas to work on a smaller scale, with a solar panel that captures sunlight and a remote control built from scratch.

The kit laid out on white: the solar panel, two battery cases, two circuit boards, the motor, wheels, axles and the laser-cut wooden boards
A girl at a classroom desk working the wooden remote while the finished solar car sits in front of her, with the kit box and the student guide on the table

For classrooms

The Remote Control Solar Car Kit is a great fit for classrooms, after-school programs, and camps. Each kit builds one solar car and remote control and arrives individually packaged with all materials and instructions included.

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