Energy Box: An Outreach Activity for Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage

The Energy Box is a new outreach activity, created by Becca Huang, Pha Thibthong and Jennifer Johnstone-Hack - reasearchers and academics at The University of Sheffield. The goal of the Energy Box is to highlight the breadth of materials and engineering that goes into creating new energy generation, conversion and storage technologies. This includes batteries, fuel cells, electrolysers, wind and solar. There are a range of hands on, practical activities contained within the box relating to these different topics.

The activities within the energy box are:

- The 'Glove box' casing

- Coin cell building

- Build an electrolyser

We also provide links and suggestions to other add-ins that can supplement the energy box.

The documents contained within the project are: 

- CAD files of the Glove box, coin cells (TBC once Jorge approves), electrolyser cell.

- A readme doc outlining the activity, how to run it, suitable age ranges, key take-home messages.

- .pdf files of the A3 Activity Sheets that set each activity into the wider societal context, with key messaging on the sustainability challenges being solved with the activity, and possible career options.