W|nd for Schoo| Workshop Agenda

Cctober 22 and 23 2011

913 930 am ConLlnenLal 8reakfasL
930 1013
am
We|come and Introduct|ons
1eachers compleLe paperwork lncludlng AcL 48 forms and preLesL

10131100 am

Lnergy 101
Coal rovlde 1eachers wlLh background lnformaLlon abouL energy producLlon and consumpLlon ln
Lhe unlLed SLaLes

1100 1130
am
Lnergy Convers|on Act|v|ty
Coal 1eachers wlll undersLand LhaL energy can be converLed from one form Lo anoLher LhaL when
energy converLs some ls losL as wasLed heaL and Lhe more converslons and Lransfers Lhere are ln
elecLrlclLy generaLlon Lhe more opporLunlLles for energy loss

1130 1200
pm
Lunch
1200113pm

W|ndm||| Cha||enge art I
Coal 1eachers uLlllze a llmlLed seL of maLerlals Lo consLrucL a machlne LhaL effecLlvely capLures wlnd
energy (bulld someLhlng LhaL splns ln Lhe wlnd")

113 130 pm Debr|ef W|ndm||| Cha||enge Act|v|ty
130200 pm

WIND 1nL kLSCUkCL
Coal rovlde 1eachers wlLh an undersLandlng of Lhe power ln Lhe wlnd and general lnformaLlon
abouL exLracLlng Lhe power from Lhe wlnd

200 243 pm W|ndm||| Cha||enge art II
Coal 1eachers wlll make changes Lo Lhelr deslgn ln order for Lhelr wlndmlll Lo llfL Lhe greaLesL
amounL of welghL

243 400 pm M|n| k|t Act|v|t|es
Coal 1eachers wlll learn whaL klnd of blades are Lhe mosL efflclenL aL harnesslng Lhe energy of Lhe
wlnd
400 420 pm W|nd for Schoo|s rogram
Coal lnform Leachers abouL Lhe Wlnd for Schools (WfS) rogram
420 430 pm urlve Lo SkySLream locaLed aL Lhe CenLer for SusLalnablllLy
430 300 pm SkySLream vlslL
Coal 1eachers see an lnsLalled wlnd Lurblne and Lhe model used for Lhe WfS program
30 0 600 pm Check lnLo Lhe hoLel and reLurn Lo 121 Chambers for dlnner
600 630 pm ulnner
630643 pm CuesL Speaker Max Scheeler (SL lrancls unlverslLy) 8enewable Lnergy CenLer CrganlzaLlon and
Wlnd leaslblllLy ro[ecLs

643 800



8LADL DLSIGN Wh|ch b|ades are best?
Coal uslng lnformaLlon from Lhe earller acLlvlLy Lhey wlll work as lndlvlduals Lo deslgn and LesL
blades for a model wlnd Lurblne and demonsLraLe an undersLandlng of how wlnd energy ls converLed
Lo elecLrlclLy

SunuA?
800 810
am
Crab conLlnenLal breakfasL as we begln Lhe mornlng sesslon

800 830
am
Debr|ef of 8|ade Des|gn Act|v|ty
Coal ulscuss whlch blade deslgn was mosL effecLlve ln capLurlng Lhe greaLesL amounL of wlnd
9301030 am

Generators
Coal 1eachers wlll undersLand how elecLrlclLy ls generaLed by consLrucLlng and LesLlng Lhe ouLpuL of
a slmple generaLor
10301113
am
D|scuss|on Motors vs Generators and e|ectr|c|ty generat|on
Coal 1eachers wlll learn how elecLrlclLy ls generaLed
1113 am
1200 pm
W|nd Data
Coal 1eachers wlll learn abouL Lhe Wlnd for Schools uaLa Llbrary and how Lhey can use Lhls resource
ln Lhe classroom

1200 1230
pm
Lunch

1230113
pm

now Does Lnergy Affect W||d||fe?
Coal 1eachers wlll undersLand Lhe dlfferenL wlldllfe effecLs and rlsks form elecLrlclLy generaLed by
coal nuclear hydro and wlnd

113 130 pm Guest Speaker Iohn 1aucher (A Game Comm|ss|on 8|o|og|st) W|nd 1urb|nes and W||d||fe

130200 pm

Wrap Up Comp|ete post test c|ass eva|uat|on and next steps



Special Thanks:
This workshop has been made possible through the generous Iinancial support oI the Iollowing organizations:

Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium
http://pa.spacegrant.org/

The Center for Science and the Schools
http://csats.psu.edu/index.cIm

TE Connectivity
http://www.te.com/en/home.html

KidWind
http://learn.kidwind.org/