If you’ve ever done school drop-off on a hot day, you’ve probably thought about the classrooms our kids sit in all afternoon.

Or wondered how schools and childcare centres cope as power bills keep rising?

That’s why more communities are looking to solar and batteries, helping schools and childcare centres:

  • cut energy bills
  • keep classrooms cooler during heatwaves
  • stay powered during outages

Time and time again, educators, energy experts, and community leaders tell us the same thing: solar and batteries for schools and childcare is a no-brainer.

On April 1, Parents for Climate will hold our first ever event at Parliament House in Canberra, sharing stories from communities already making it happen. Members of Parliament and Senators from across Australia are invited - and adding your name helps show them that families in their electorate want solar and batteries, which could encourage them to attend.

For more info and to sign the petition: https://www.parentsforclimate.org/power-our-schools-now--

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[–] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

You had a science kit that had a solar panel and a dc motor? Was it brushed? No clue how the unbrushed ones work but my intuition tells me theyd have to somehow comvert it to a form a AC inside the motor, as a stationary magnetic field isnt going to do anything. If they included that in the kit thats wild

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children)

    I don't know, I was too young to know what AC or DC were, and the motor wasn't exposed anyway - I believe the fan was one pre-made component. It was made to be very child-safe.

    When I said components, what I really meant was there were alligator clip wires to connect whole pre-made objects "here's a fan, here's a light bulb"

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