Ampere house

With a crazy bus ride to start off my first full day in Lyon, France, the group toured the Ampere house. It was interesting to learn about how Ampere, as a kid, taught himself basic schooling and so much more by just reading the book in his father's library alone. But even more interesting was the hands on experiments that the staff was nice enought to set up for us.  One was about solar energy.  First, the group guested how many watts they can get from the sun. After that, we used a meter to find the real number which was 900 watts. Nexted, we used a solar panel to pump water. Then, we talked about storing energy without having a battery by pumping water to a elavated tank, then at night running the water back through the pump to make energy. Last, we mapped the relation between volts and amp using the solar panel and resisters.