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A quick guide to using and teaching about infrared cameras. WindowsAndPaperCranes.jpg The photographer facing "clear" glass will get a self-portrait. This shows how taking an IR picture of glass does not show much about the glass, it shows a reflection of something usually irrelevant to a heat-stud...

Here's where you can see data since 2016 for the photovoltaic production at Walden Pond Visitor Center in Concord, Massachusetts. As of 2020, the system is 105kW, with eight inverters. https://monitoringpublic.solaredge.com/solaredge-web/p/site/public?name=Walden%20Pond%20Visitor%20Center&locale=en_...

Before and after visiting a field trip site, or even just for a virtual field trip, students can see how photovoltaic systems at the site are producing electricity. For some sites, users can see animations of the production of each module each 15 minutes, so they can watch shadows proceed over the m...

Here's a huge list of field trip ideas for states and provinces:
https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/field-trips/

https://www.circuit-lab.com Circuit Lab offers dozens of after school and summer camp programs for ages 6-14. Circuit Lab can also take circuit curriculum to schools. Experienced circuits-educators should note that they often need to hire lead and assistant instructors for these programs. They have...

This information from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The 9th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC '19) McDonnell and Jadwin Halls, Princeton University Princeton, NJ, March 16, 2019 http://ewh.ieee.org/conf/stem Submissions to the 9th IEEE Integrated STEM Education...

I'm going to update this draft with references and images, please bear with me. Energy Bar Graphs See Etkina and all. Physics of Everyday Thinking Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Energy Transfer Model Boxes for each system, say Sun and car, containing bracketed changes in indicators, s...

The Lending Library at EnergyTeachers.org has recently acquired a SimplyTronics X-Band Motion Detector (XBMD). http://simplytronics.com/products/ST-00018 The device is commonly used to detect motion of any object within 10 meters, using doppler shifted reflections of its transmitted radio. Radio wav...

Educators who are members of Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers (MAST) can apply for five $200 awards for re-usable equipment like the tools we study here at EnergyTeachers.org. For example $200 could help purchase an excellent solar cooker for safely baking cupcakes and engaging students...

Imaginarium opened in Irondequoit this winter (2018). My brother went there today. It has many interesting features and exhibits, and gives tours.
https://imaginarium.i-square.us

This is a discussion for anyone who has taken any of our circuits workshops. Feel free to ask questions or make comments on the workshop. Handy links Shawn's introduction to circuits for the purpose of learning about other science: http://shawnreeves.net/wiki/index.php?title=Circuits_for_teaching_ph...

Why should physics courses discuss energy production and use? Students are interested in energy. Some students who would not otherwise be interested in physics would be interested. Students might want to study energy science and engineering and policy in college The general population needs more in...

I took a workshop at the American Association of Physics Teachers conference last month, and we explored an activity where groups of four students kept tabs on energy at the surface, lower atmosphere, and higher atmosphere, as the emissivity in far IR of the lower and upper atmospheres increased due...

Here's the output from our HOBO temperature datalogger which was sitting in our rice in the black enameled covered steel pan, on a stand, in a roasting bag, inside the panel cooker. You can see we set the pan to cook at 11:06, we reached pasteurization temperature at about 11:12, and were approachin...

Solar Cookers International wants you to know that there is a product of a curriculum working group that should be a good resource for you in using cookers to learn: Want to know how to inspire and educate the next generation of solar cookers? Expert science teacher Mary Buchenic will explain how so...