Energy Education at Henley
Energy_HenleyMiddleSchool (click PDF)
Fall 2011
Team members: Holly Mayton, Kiki Vasquez, Rebecca Stoner, Elizabeth Knipp
The goal of our project on wind and solar power was to educate and inspire the students of Henley Middle School as a part of the overall “Wind for Schools” initiative. The installation of a forty-five foot wind turbine and solar voltaic and thermal panels is planned for December 16, 2011 at Henley Middle School thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The main goal for this “Wind for Schools” project is to make the Henley school system and community more aware of the overall beneficial aspects of wind and solar energy. Our team’s purpose was to continue the project that began last year, which involved interacting with the middle school students as a means to inform and excite them about the sustainable energy coming to their school. During a period of two school days, we educated Henley sixth graders through a PowerPoint presentation and group experiments involving the manipulation of solar and wind energy. Our ideas for the workshop were adapted from close consideration of the results of the workshop held at Henley Middle School last year. Through discussions with teachers and an addition of our own ideas for the workshop, we were able to develop a successful lesson plan that received positive feedback from both students and faculty.