Solar Challenge

Students first met with BAM representatives who explained a little about their company and how it links with climate change.

A number of tasks were then completed, resulting in a team based experiment, in which students competed to heat water using a variety of materials, combined to create a solar collector. Inside the collector copper pipes pass over a reflective surface, through a ‘mini-greenhouse’ eventually to a tap.

Water was heated to ~50 degrees Centigrade just using the suns energy! Students gained practical working knowledge of the collector, developed their team work skills and were able to apply this knowledge to the ‘renewable energy’ area of their course.

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