Week 3 - Curriculum

Week three of the energy literacy curriculum begins on Monday, July 9, 2012.  It will be a busy week of instruction, model building, and field trips (two planned for this week). 

Day 6: July 9, 2012 Provide overview of wind energy. This presentation was developed Professor Stephen Lawrence Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder, CO.  He granted me permission to modify it and repost it.  Assist the students in completing the wind energy worksheets: Older students' worksheet Younger students' worksheet Assist the students with assembling anemometers: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/anemometer.html	Students will participate in a class discussion regarding wind energy. They will complete their individual worksheets and participate in a class discussion. They will work in teams to construct and test their anemometers.
Day 7: July 10, 2012 Field Trip: Wind / solar tour (Palm Springs) http://www.thebestofthebesttours.com/Tour-3-Windmill-Tour	Students will learn about wind and solar energy. They will ask questions about the technology they have seen.
Day 8: July 11, 2012 Tour the University of Redlands co-generation plant. The system uses a natural gas engine, which has a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system to control emissions. Waste heat produced in the process is used to provide energy for a chiller, which then gives chilled water for the campus cooling loop. The waste heat is also used to help provide hot water for the heating loop. http://www.redlands.edu/about-redlands/286.aspx Assist students (working in teams of two) with assembling wind turbine kits purchased from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Green-Science-Windmill-Generator-Toysmith/dp/B0016PBH9Q/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1340162789&sr=1-2&keywords=wind+turbine Provide overview of hydro electricity. This presentation was developed Professor Stephen Lawrence Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder, CO.  He granted me permission to modify it and repost it.	Students will ask questions about the technology they have seen. They will work in teams to construct and test their wind turbines. Students will participate in a class discussion regarding hydro electricity.
Day 10: July 13, 2012 Field Trip: Seven Oaks Dam (http://ocflood.com/SARP_SevenOaksDam.aspx)	Students will learn about hydro electric power.  They will ask questions about the technology they have experienced.