Solar Cricket

Highlights

• The cricket will vibrate vigorously, making a buzzing sounds and moving about in bright sunlight
  
• A great way to demonstrate solar power to young children
• Demonstrate changes to power delivered to the cricket with the incidence and brightness of the sun on the solar panel
  
• Experiment with the effects of temperature on solar panel efficiency
  
• The cricket is about 5.5cm long including the antennae, with a 4.2cm body