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Category: Renewable Energy

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

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

Jun 13

Wind Turbine Challenge

Jill LawrenceLeave a commentElectric Grid, Lesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRET 2014, Wind Energy

In this lesson students will work in groups to design the blades for a wind turbine that will generate at least 2 volts of electricity and will light their house. Lesson 3-wind turbine challenge

Jun 13

Understanding Renewable Resources

Brian HardisonLeave a commentLesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRenewable Resources, RET 2014

Determine the impact of man’s use of renewable and nonrenewable resources on future supplies. Evaluate how human activities affect the condition of the earth’s land, water, and atmosphere. Analyze and evaluate the impact of man’s use of earth’s land, water, and atmospheric Read more

Jun 13

Wind Power Density

Joe FoyLeave a commentLesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRET 2012, Wind Energy

First, students will open Excel, import instructor’s output file, create a 2D graph. A student learning activity will be to format axes, legends, titles for this graph. This will not be done as part of lesson setup. Second, students will Read more

Jun 13

Exploring Solar Energy

Jill LawrenceLeave a commentElectricity, Lesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRET 2015, Solar Energy

Students will be investigating the amount of voltage a single solar panel will produce under a variety of conditions. They will keep accurate data since they will be using this data to complete their assessment task for this lesson. RET Read more

Jun 13

Power Grid and Integrating Renewable Resources

Jill LawrenceLeave a commentElectric Grid, Lesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRET 2015, Solar Energy

By this lesson students have learned about what the power grid is, renewable and nonrenewable resources used to generate electricity, and how solar panels work.  In this lesson students watch a news clip will read a report regarding the integration Read more

Jun 13

Solar Simulation

Jessica MintonLeave a commentLesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRET 2015, Simulations, Solar Energy

Students will take the working knowledge from the previous lesson and apply some of the skills by participating in solar simulations. The Energy City simulation will give students the opportunity to work with their own “cities” while adding the types Read more

Jun 13

Solar Panel Project

Jessica MintonLeave a commentLesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRET 2015, Solar Energy

Students will be making a multimedia project to take before a mock “board of directors” as if they were pitching a solar power project to GMSD school district. Students will research background information and put together a portfolio (with powerpoint Read more

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