Get Energized! STEM Kit – College of Natural Sciences Education and Outreach Center

Learn what it takes to develop a new, more efficient battery and solar panel. In the Get Energized! STEM Kit, students will test different materials and use their own data to help them construct a working rechargeable battery and solar cell using skills and techniques straight out of a CSU research laboratory.

Big Concepts include: 1) renewable energy; 2) batteries; 3) solar cells; 4) galvanic series; 5) polarity; and 6) photovoltaics.

Scientific Inquiry Skills include: 1) systematic testing of materials; 2) data collection and analysis; 3) use of multimeter and digital balance; and 4) use of science notebooks.

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Borrowing Get Energized! STEM Kits

There is no charge to educators who wish to borrow any of our STEM kits. We appreciate applications be submitted at least 2 weeks in advance of the desired use date. The loan application forms require you to confirm your email address before it will be sent to the EOC – so once you click submit, check your email (including the junk folder)! You should also get a copy of the form for your records via email, if you don’t, please contact Courtney Gooding Butler (courtney.butler@colostate.edu).

Local Pick-Up Loan Application Form – for educators in the immediate area of Fort Collins (i.e.: Greeley, Loveland, Ault, Windsor, Johnstown, etc.)
Delivery Loan Application Form – for educators in Colorado outside of the immediate Fort Collins area
Educator Feedback Survey – must be completed after returning kits to the NSEOC and before another kit can be requested

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