Projects
This is a growing list to keep track of interesting ways educators are teaching about energy.
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- Bicycle Generator
- A bicycle is attached to a stand so that one can pedal and the have the rear wheel make a generating dynamo turn. The generator can charge a battery or run lights. An inverter connected to the battery can provide alternating current to household devices....
Related topics: Electricity Generation, Lesson Plans and Unit Ideas, Electricity Consumption, Lighting, Efficiency, Equipment Design and Fabrication - Energy Haiku
- Here at EnergyTeachers.org we've developed a writing activity, Energy Haiku. Students, teachers, and anyone interested in energy are welcome to submit short poems about any topic in energy....
Related topics: Lesson Plans and Unit Ideas, Competitions and Awards - Field Trip Database
- With support of a grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy Trust, EnergyTeachers.org gathered a database of dozens of interesting sites for educators and students, around Massachusetts....
Related topics: Lesson Plans and Unit Ideas, Massachusetts, Northeast US - Flicker checkers
- Flicker checkers are tops that have a radial pattern that shows the frequency of modulation of light, known as flicker. Students are using the devices to see if their classrooms and homes use inefficient, out-of-date electromagnetic ballasts or efficient electronic ballasts....
Related topics: Lighting, Efficiency, Lesson Plans and Unit Ideas - Green Dollhouse Challenge
- K-12 students, families, design/build students, and design/build professionals build model play-houses to explore concepts and technologies related energy production, energy use, efficiency, materials, architecture, utility, aesthetics, appreciation of nature, renewable resources, true wealth, healthy living, clean air, and clean water....
Related topics: Architecture, Competitions and Awards, Lesson Plans and Unit Ideas, New York - Insolation and the Sun's Path
- Astronomers, architects, and solar technicians depend on the science of the sun's path in the sky. Free raytracing software is available that allows students to build and test designs and create realistic depictions....
Related topics: Solar, Daylighting, Measuring and Logging Systems - Measuring electricity use
- Watt-meters are devices that measure power, power factor, current, voltage, duty-cycle, and maxima and minima of those parameters. Some devices have memory chips that allow them to record samples of the data every second, which students can upload to a computer for analysis....
Related topics: Measuring and Logging Systems, Electricity Consumption, Efficiency, Lesson Plans and Unit Ideas - Measuring Wind
- Students can analyze data from existing weather stations or from their own equipment. Low-cost anemometers are available for students who want to study wind on school property or elsewhere. Logging systems can keep track of time-series data and/or statistics about the wind speed and direction....
Related topics: Wind, Measuring and Logging Systems - NESEA Energy Education Documents
- From 2000 to 2011 the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) produced educational lesson plans and units to help teachers and students learn about energy and sustainability in the northeast...
Related topics: Lesson Plans and Unit Ideas - News Article Database
- EnergyTeachers.org is compiling news articles, collected by teachers, related to energy production and use....
Related topics: Education - General Resources, Lesson Plans and Unit Ideas, Politics, Policies, and Profit of Energy - Solar Cooking (formerly:Three Sides of a Box Solar Cooker)
- There are many types of designs of solar cookers. Each has advantages and disadvantages. Two we are trying at EnergyTeachers.org are the Global Sun Oven and a home-made panel cooker....
Related topics: Solar Cooking and Dehydrating, Solar, Measuring and Logging Systems - Virtual Sustainable Energy Science Lab
- Second Life is an online virtual world visited by over a million people, including many educators. Two characters who work in this virtual world, Solar Sierra and Windy Schor, represent EnergyTeachers.org, build virtual objects that demonstrate real-life technologies, and hold meetings and discussions between educators and interested people....
Related topics: Research Labs, Measuring and Logging Systems, Solar Cooking and Dehydrating, Wind