Solar Trackers is a multi-sensory exhibit that provides an ; interactive educational experience for students.   This project allows students to physically move an artificial sun to make the solar panels to react to optimize the amount of energy being produced. The purpose of this It also allows students to take the knowledge from our exhibit and apply it to their everyday lives. 

The Solar Tracker exhibit is made up of two main structures: a uniquely-designed greenhouse and an arc which serves as the track for the sun to move along?. The greenhouse and arc were made by laser cutting plywood parts, then assembled to create the final designs. both of these sentences relate to laser cutting parts and can be combined into one. On the top portion of the greenhouse there are two solar panels  connected to servo motors which allow the panels to rotate in place? The arc contains  multiple photo-resistors, small sensors that read light intensity, which connect to an Arduino and communicate to the servo motors? The visitor moves the artificial sun along a track on the arc. When the photo-resistors picking up the change in light, they trigger to the servo motors to move the solar panels. The angles of the motors perfectly align with the solar panels, allowing them to gather the  greatest amount of electricity.

Solar Trackers would be best suited in an area of a museum that is large and open tell us why... to allow visitors to move about?  If the space is too bright,  the photo-resistors will not be able to pick up the artificial sun  as it moves along the track. The carbon dioxide and smog which accumulates each day affects the way we live, the water we drink, the air we breathe and the plants we eat. This project aims to teach others about the advances of solar energy technology and the importance of sustainability . Solar Trackers cares and wants the future to be bright and full of life.