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Companies/Stores that provide Solar Project Kits

Note: Prices quoted below may be out of date - these are meant just to be illustrative

In New Mexico

• Horizons-The Discovery Store: (505) 983-1554, 328 Guadalupe, Santa Fe, NM. solar car kits $54.95,  solar energy lab $9.95.
• Learning Is Fun: (505) 889-8860 5000 Menaul Blvd N E Albuquerque, NM 87110-3044. solar energy kit, $9.99
• Hobby Lobby: Simple photovoltaic kit: small panel plus a motor with a propellor (See our PV exercise for a picture) - usually costs between $10 and $20 dollars. 

Out of State

• Solar World: www.solar-world.com. Various Solar Kits. (719) 635-5125, 2807 North Prospect, Colorado Springs, Co 80907, email: solar@codenet.net

• SunWind solar kits: www.web.net/~sunwind

• Science-Store solar kits: www.science-store.com/technology/electricity

• Pitsco solar kits: www.shop-pitsco.com/  (do a search on "solar").

• Picoturbine.com:http://www.picoturbine.com/. Provides plans, books, videos, and kits for renewable energy education and homebrew projects. Projects are available for fifth grade through adult at this time. 
• Creative Energy Technologies:  (888) 305-0278, 10 Main Street, Summit, NY 12175. http://www.cetsolar.com  (they will be putting a page listing their educational kits up very soon). solar education Kits:
• Scott Resources: www.hubbardscientific.com. Cardboard Solar Ovens (product # 4702). 970-484-7445.