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- Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:06 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Pessimistic view of Cape Wind outcomes
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Pessimistic view of Cape Wind outcomes
Please don't take the limericks too seriously. If you'd like to edit or contribute, reply. There once was a wind near Nantucket Whose power some wanted to bucket. The site was proposed, Objections arose, But right in the Sound they stuck it. The turbines erected Showed those who objected There wasn'...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:29 am
- Forum: Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
- Topic: Mini hydrogen cars--Some toys, some equipped for learning
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- Views: 13048
Mini hydrogen cars--Some toys, some equipped for learning
I was thinking of buying one of those smart-looking, blue, H2andO2-powered roadsters, then two things stopped me: 1) It cost $100 2) I read the reviews on a reseller's web site, particularly "...It doesn't have very much scientific or educational information in the book. It's basically one acti...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:36 am
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Bicycle Generator
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14404
Bicycle Generator
I just purchased a bicycle generator, as can be seen at the windstream power site: http://www.windstreampower.com/humanpower/ppg.html If you'd like to borrow it for your classroom, contact me, Shawn Reeves Click on memberlist above and then click on "email" next to "Shawn." You m...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:38 pm
- Forum: About these forums
- Topic: New to online bulletin boards? Here's how this works...
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- Views: 12406
New to online bulletin boards? Here's how this works...
Glossary Forum : a set of topics based on an interest, such as fuel cells, lesson plans, field trips. Topic : A message or idea within a forum. Post : A single writing in response to a topic or starting one. Register : Entering your information once so that you don't have to each time you use the f...
- Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:26 pm
- Forum: Lesson Plans
- Topic: How to evaluate new lesson plans or texts
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- Views: 12311
How to evaluate new lesson plans or texts
One of the most difficult, far-reaching, and overlooked parts of educating is selecting the materials to help educate. It's difficult because there's too much out there that address the common objectives, and too little out there that addresses new objectives. It's far reaching, because different ma...
- Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:43 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Shawn Reeves, physics teacher
- Replies: 2
- Views: 21065
Shawn Reeves, physics teacher
I teach physics, although right now (Oct. 2006) I run EnergyTeachers.org as a full-time job. I've taught 4th through 13th grade, physics, math, music, chemistry, environmental science, earth science, and biology, mostly at a public high school in NYC but also at an independent school in Warsaw, Pola...
- Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:47 am
- Forum: Field Trips
- Topic: Tour Searsburg VT wind farm Oct 12, 2006
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Tour Searsburg VT wind farm Oct 12, 2006
If anyone happens to have Columbus day 2006 off, come with me to Searsburg VT. I'm taking (not giving) a guided tour of the wind farm there at 1PM. You can contact Cynthia Grippaldi to register: Cynthia Grippaldi <cynthiag@cetonline.org> or see http://www.cetonline.org/Events/events.htm#Wind The win...
- Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:05 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Junior Solar Sprint instructor needed Cambridge private sch.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12194
Junior Solar Sprint instructor needed Cambridge private sch.
Colleen is looking for a Junior Solar Sprint instructor (paid) at BBN in Cambridge MA: I am working with Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, Ma to hire a Solar Sprint Instructor to work with our kids after school to create solar sprint cars for the competition next year. I have prev...
- Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:57 am
- Forum: Field Trips
- Topic: $1000 grants for field trips available to US schools.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12753
$1000 grants for field trips available to US schools.
Please see our article: http://energyteachers.org/ReadArticle.php?id=128 or the announcement on the Target website: http://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-002537 Apps due Nov 1, 2006. 800 grants available of $1k each. Use it for your field trips to energy sites. I will he...
- Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:36 pm
- Forum: Lesson Plans
- Topic: Peabody HS Solar Thermal bathroom, travelling demo
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13489
Peabody HS Solar Thermal bathroom, travelling demo
Jim Prato at Peabody (MA) High School sent me this note about a solar thermal project last schoolyear: Here is a follow up on what we did at Peabody High, where I teach physics and an engineering and design class. My students built 4 solar panels, each 2'x4', on a trailer which will be taken around ...
- Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:35 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Studying renewable energy in college
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- Views: 12381
Studying renewable energy in college
I just added a long list of programs across the US offering studies in wind energy. As the topic becomes a serious pursuit at so many colleges, pre-college teachers should help prepare students for that pursuit. -Shawn You can see the list at http://energyteachers.org/TeachersGoals.php?TopicSelect=C...
- Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:57 pm
- Forum: Site Feedback
- Topic: All site visitors are invited to comment here
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- Views: 7333
All site visitors are invited to comment here
All posts will be read by the organizer.
- Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:23 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: How (not) to simplify complex systems like climate change
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- Views: 12184
How (not) to simplify complex systems like climate change
I read a lot of adult's opinions that climate change is a hoax to soak the government for research money. A common argument is that some scientists study global dimming, and some study global warming. Their simplistic view is that these two, real effects either cancel each other out, or slightly bet...
- Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:08 pm
- Forum: Books, Audio, and Videos
- Topic: Serious text on renewables technology, science, engineering
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- Views: 12160
Serious text on renewables technology, science, engineering
I've borrowed an invaluable book from the library recently: Understanding Renewable Energy Systems by Volker Quaschning. The english translation, published in 2005, is based on the 2003 book in German. If you have a student who asks "does the grass growing on the ground next to our tilted array...
- Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:06 am
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Data logging, temperature
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- Views: 11589
Data logging, temperature
After acquiring an inexpensive data logger, I've been exploring ways to investigate energy use and transfer around my home. Right now, I've got a logger in the attic, taking temperature, light, and humidity readings every 10 minutes; the unit, a HOBO, can store 18 days of such data, so I'm watching ...