Solar for Schools Education - Developmenteducation

STEM Learning Kits

Our demo tools bring solar and energy to life in the classroom and beyond

Solar Explorer Kit

Our Solar Explorer Kit brings renewable energy and solar to life for young people of all ages. It enables them to explore and experiment, hands-on, for themselves.

Our kit is sustainably and ethically made, by Caritas supported work. It is also durable to ensure generations of classroom use.

Students learn through play how photovoltaics work. They learn about the importance of the arc and direction of the sun, about the correct angular tilt of a panel and the intermittent nature of solar technology. With the Solar Explorer Kit, students develop a greater awareness of the need for a variety of renewable energy sources in our transition to clean, green power.

solar explorer kit pupils Wendy teaching workshop assembly
Download order form

Solar explorers in action

Optimising the angle of the panel

Ark Victoria Academy students using the Solar Explorer Kit during a science workshop
Ark Victoria Academy students using the Solar Explorer Kit during a science workshop

What works when solar doesn't?

Radcliffe Academy students learning about the intermittency of solar with the Solar Explorer Kit
Radcliffe Academy students learning about the intermittency of solar with the Solar Explorer Kit

Cloudy skies and solar panels

King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys students using the Solar Explorer Kit to experiment with 'cloud' coverage
King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys students using the Solar Explorer Kit to experiment with 'cloud' coverage

BrightSparks4Kids Science Kits

brightsparks at triodos students STEM

We've been using BrightSparks4Kids science kits in our workshops for over four years.

We're delighted to have collaborated to offer the BrightSparks- Solar for Schools Renewable Energy Kit. Designed in partnership with us, this hands-on kit includes everything required to teach renewable energy safely and effectively in a way that students can learn in an engaging and practical way, outside the classroom.

Learn more

Bright Sparks in action

Connecting solar cells to a circuit

Lanesend Primary students building a solar cell circuit
Lanesend Primary students building a solar cell circuit

Hand generated power

Students at Huncoat Primary learning about energy mixing
Students at Huncoat Primary learning about energy mixing

Solar cells working together

Student at Heathfield Knoll experimenting with solar cell circuit
Student at Heathfield Knoll experimenting with solar cell circuit