Wind Turbine Education
The central goal our group is to effectively and efficiently convey the functions of wind and solar energy to students at Henley Middle School in Crozet, Virginia. Through two interactive presentations on wind energy December 14th and 15th, and a successive series of discussions on solar energy this coming Spring, we hope to increase these students’ knowledge on both wind turbines and solar panels, both of which are being installed in the school. Through communication with our primary contact Remy Luerssen, we have formulated our presentation to include both a brief discussion on wind energy and how wind turbines produce energy. An interactive portion where students can see a wind turbine in motion and create take‐home models of the turbines will engage the students to apply this new knowledge. Costs for our presentations are relatively low, limited only to craft supplies that we need for the students to create their own models of wind turbines. Thus far, we have held a successful conference with two sixth grade science teachers, Remy, and Lindsay Snoddy, the environmental manager at the Albemarle Resource Center. We established dates and times for these presentations to occur, and received a wealth of information on wind and solar energy, which we intend to incorporate in our lesson plan. We have been presented the unique opportunity of not only communicating with students in the environmental club but also two science classes. Though our progress is limited to planning and the school conference, we anticipate that our meeting on December 8th the following presentations should be very effective and fulfill our desired to goal, to spread awareness of sustainable energy practices occurring right by the school’s sports fields.
Wind Turbine Education, wind turbine, renewable energy, sustainability education, Henley Middle School, Crozet, Kate Mattey, Michael Robertson, Rachael Spencer, Indy Stevens
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Wind Turbine Education

WindTurbineEducation (click PDF)

Fall 2010

Team members: Kate Mattey, Michael Robertson, Rachael Spencer, Indy Stevens

The central goal our group is to effectively and efficiently convey the functions of wind and solar energy to students at Henley Middle School in Crozet, Virginia. Through two interactive presentations on wind energy December 14th and 15th, and a successive series of discussions on solar energy this coming Spring, we hope to increase these students’ knowledge on both wind turbines and solar panels, both of which are being installed in the school. Through communication with our primary contact Remy Luerssen, we have formulated our presentation to include both a brief discussion on wind energy and how wind turbines produce energy. An interactive portion where students can see a wind turbine in motion and create take‐home models of the turbines will engage the students to apply this new knowledge. Costs for our presentations are relatively low, limited only to craft supplies that we need for the students to create their own models of wind turbines. Thus far, we have held a successful conference with two sixth grade science teachers, Remy, and Lindsay Snoddy, the environmental manager at the Albemarle Resource Center. We established dates and times for these presentations to occur, and received a wealth of information on wind and solar energy, which we intend to incorporate in our lesson plan. We have been presented the unique opportunity of not only communicating with students in the environmental club but also two science classes. Though our progress is limited to planning and the school conference, we anticipate that our meeting on December 8th the following presentations should be very effective and fulfill our desired to goal, to spread awareness of sustainable energy practices occurring right by the school’s sports fields.