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Nov 07

Which Lightbulb is Better? Part 2

Laura RobertsLeave a commentElectricity, Lesson PlansEnergy Efficiency, Light bulbs, RET 2016

Students must determine ‘which is the better lightbulb?”. In the previous lesson they determined energy efficiency/cost efficiency. In this lesson, the purchase prices of the lightbulbs are introduce and students must answer the same question as well as a follow Read more

Nov 07

Which Lightbulb is Better?

Laura RobertsLeave a commentElectricity, Lesson Planselectricity, Light bulbs, RET 2016

Students must determine “which is the better lightbulb?”. They will analyze the efficiency of different light bulbs by measuring wattage and heat emissions. Cost-efficiency will be introduced with setting up linear equations and analyzing their graphs.  Students will collect data Read more

Nov 04

Introduction to Arduinos

Karen CragwallLeave a commentCircuits, Electricity, Lesson PlansElectric Grid, electricity, RET 2016

The students will see an animated video that gives an overview a of how the U.S. electrical grid is organized and how power gets to customers. Next , they will make a human electrical circuit. Finally, students will be put Read more

Nov 04

3D Printing in Solar Energy Research

Karen CragwallLeave a commentLesson Plans, Renewable Energy3D printing, Renewable energy, RET 2016

Students will a have a basic knowledge of how 3D printers work and some of their uses. After seeing the different resources TVA currently uses to power the electrical grid in its service area students will understand how little renewable Read more

Nov 02

Building Wind Turbine

Christina StansberryLeave a commentLesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRenewable Resources, RET 2016, Wind Energy

Students will read a story about wind energy and discuss how we can use wind turbines to capture and turn wind into energy for electricity. The students will discuss using renewable resources versus non-renewable resources to produce electricity. They will Read more

Nov 02

Power Grid with Squishy Circuits

Christina StansberryLeave a commentElectric Grid, Lesson Plans, PowerElectric Grid, Power, RET 2016

Students will learn about the Power Grid and how it is used to produce electricity to their house. They will learn the different components of the grid and then manipulate the grid with TCIPG. Once the students learn how the Read more

Nov 02

Cooking with Solar Oven

Christina StansberryLeave a commentLesson Plans, Renewable Energy, Solar EnergyRET 2016, Solar Energy

Students will have a scenario to build a solar oven to cook a S’more. The teacher and students will discuss renewable versus non-renewable resources and the importance of solar energy. We use solar panels on houses now to help with Read more

Nov 02

Kill-A-Watt Lesson

Brian HardisonLeave a commentElectricity, Lesson Planselectricity, RET 2016

Students will become more familiar and cognizant of the amount power they are using. With use of a Kill-A-Watt device, they will calculate kWH and costs overt various periods of time. After determining energy costs of each appliance, they will Read more

Nov 02

Solar Cars and Angles

Brian HardisonLeave a commentLesson Plans, Solar carsRET 2016, Solar Cars

Students will become more familiar with solar panels and how they are a clean, renewable alternative to nonrenewable resources. They will also be introduced to the idea that there is a coorelation between latitude and the geometric angle of the Read more

Nov 02

Incandescent Bulb vs. CFL

Brian HardisonLeave a commentElectricity, Lesson PlansKill-A-Watt, RET 2016

Students will use a kill-a-watt device, 60 watt incandescent and CFL bulb in the class setting. After comparing brightness, heat, costs of bulb, they will use the information provided by the teacher to compute the costs of each bulb over 8,000 Read more

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