Back to BASICS at Home with my Solar Shed design

Physics is a very basic science. The first physicists were called natural philosophers. The solar cell, a invention brought about by 20th century physics, is the basis for solar energy. I decided I had to learn a little physics about how sunlight works and how I could farm it in order to be a good consumer of the available products. There is no better way to learn than to find toys to explore with, so I located electronic catalogs with selected toys and solar gifts and began to convert my study into a playroom. There is a fuel cell car kit as well as other alternative energy toys that are useful in this learning experience. Some of these devices include a set of experiments to inform the player about solar energy. I realized that a solar shed would be an ideal workshop for playing with these toys. I located a book that addressed the idea of a shed as a place to make stuff and included 101 things to do in such a space.

Money and energy seem to be in the news quite a bit. Imagine if Scrooge were alive in the Information Age instead of the Industrial Revolution. Among the collection of books in my library, I found a hardbound book that addressed this issue from a physics point of view. It is written in an easy-to-read way, demonstrates what energy is, and emphasizes how important it was and will be to us all. The approach of saving before, during, and after one spends money can be applied to the concept of the solar shed. It occurred to me that lighting was an important aspect of any outdoor structure and that modern physics had developed the LED to the point where it could be integrated with solar power to produce a great way to light the inside and outside of my solar shed. I even found suppliers of solar holiday lighting.