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Here's a list of hands-on edu-fun activities for kids from ages 4 to 104 by the Solar Roadshow. These can be done indoors or outdoors, unless otherwise indicated. For teachers looking for prescribed learning outcomes information for each activity, please click here.
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Canada Day 2008 - North Vancouver
http://www.vimeo.com/1271995
Kids Day - Festival of the Arts
(people's reviews only)
http://www.vimeo.com/1318092
(full length)
http://www.vimeo.com/1343734
Whistler Children's Art Festival
(sailcar build/race)
http://www.vimeo.com/1340467
(sticky bubbles)
http://www.vimeo.com/1364761
(carbon-free cooling station)
http://www.vimeo.com/1359891
Vancouver West End Street Festival
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xam73e_vancouver-festival-s-world-s-first_webcam
Model Bridge-Makers' Faire at an Independent School
http://vimeo.com/1971994
Battery Giveaway UFO Magic at Earth Day Kids Zone
http://vimeo.com/1686395
Vancity Community Day & Branch Opening
http://video.baamboo.com/watch/2/video/495726
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e-ItvRU36Q
Wind Farm and Sail-Powered Cars Workshops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN9mBTfxh-0
Sticky Bubbles at GVRD Country Celebration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0TAf7wHi5c
Eco-Themed Colouring Contest at Shopping Mall
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=146698587556114585&q=SOLAR+POWERED+ROADSHOW&total=6&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=5
Solar-Robots, Fishing, and Electric Vehicle
at Car Show & Shine
http://www.livevideo.com/video/97BB893D228F478ABC863D9DAA5C50A2/show-shine-solar-powered-ro.aspx
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Model solar car building , theory and races
Build a solar cooker and take it home - forest fire prevention
Model sailcars and races
Sustainable Energy magic show
Experiment and build wind turbines
Mystery Solar Power Device competition
Solar Electric shock & mind-over-body games
Reviving "non-rechargeable" batteries with solar panels
Solar powered bubble machines, bubble beards for festivals
Solar-powered 'dragon boat' racing
Kinetic solar-powered art
Hands-on Workshops for Schools , Museums,
Out-of-School Care Centres, Summer Daycamps, or
Out-of-School Care Centres, Summer Daycamps, or
Gifted Kids' Continuing-Education
Ocean wave energy, water turbines
& biofeedback thinking aid
Stirling engines
Fuel cell cars
Repairing umbrellas for zero waste
Almost-free thermoelectric energy
Radio-controlled model sailcars (outdoor only)
Advanced sailcars
Advanced model solar cars (for gifted & advanced learners)
Build a model city ("Electric City") that runs on renewable energy
(http://carbon-free.blogspot.com/)
"Not Invented Yet" Kids Inventors Workshop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1VwLpo-3nI
Girls rebuilding an electric vehicle
(http://capilano-college-solar.blogspot.com/
Inventions from Da Vinci to Tesla (including the "Bridge Party")
http://da-vinci-kids.blogspot.com/
New Activities
"Be The Dinosaur" (kids inside a full-size baby dinosaur edu-fun)
Can a Car Run on Water?
Solar Clap-Clap Bug Race (for ages 3-9 *HOT*)
Bridge Makers' Faire
Giant Solar-Powered Jump-On Piano Keyboard
Revived Battery UFO Magic Show
Keeping people in slow-moving lineups much happier..
..with screaming, crazy edu-fun games
Blue Man Gruppe recycled-energy sound & light
Catch and Release Fishing Game
Solar Robot-Rowboat Race
Balloon Jousting Knights-In-Shining-Armour
Clicker-Battery Refreshment Bar & Magnet Station
The Wind-Farm and Model Car Races
Watt/Cost/Carbon Calculator Station
Inefficient Car Lightbulb Swap Demo Station
Forest-Saving Device Guessing Game
Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Rocket Launches