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Science kit for kids feature solar power

May19
2011 Leave a Comment Written by admin2

The Physics Solar Workshop is a kit that allows children 8 and up to experiment with solar power.

Physics Solar Workshop gives kids an opportunity to explore solar energy, focusing on photovoltaic cells. Your genius-in-training will learn how solar cells transform light into electrical energy, and how motors and mechanical devices can optimize the work done by this energy. By building different types of vehicles and machines, young learners will also gain some of the basics of engineering, demonstrating how gears can convert and transform power for different needs.

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Posted in Solar

Solar industry workers in high demand

Aug18
2008 Leave a Comment Written by admin

There is a shortage of skilled solar industry workers, and local community colleges are beginning to offer classes to train these workers.

Tom McCalmont is the chief executive of Solar Tech and founder of REgrid Power, a Campbell solar design and installation firm. According to a survey by the group, there are currently between 6,900 and 8,000 solar industry workers in the nine-county Bay Area – far short of the 20,000 to 40,000 projected to be needed over the next decade.

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FAU to offer green master’s degree

Aug16
2008 Leave a Comment Written by admin

Florida Atlantic University will offer a master’s degree in environmental education beginning this fall.

The 36-credit program will be offered this fall by the department of teaching and learning in FAU’s College of Education. Students will be able to combine environmentally-related courses offered by all nine FAU colleges, as well as working and learning at the Pine Jog Environmental Education Center.

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Green programs growing on campus

Jul18
2008 Leave a Comment Written by admin

Michigan State University is offering programs and classes that are environmentally-friendly.

Set in a pristine 5,200-acre campus, it’s hard not to think how what you do can affect the environment. But as the rest of the world becomes more environmentally conscious, more of the focus is turning to what research professors at MSU have been doing for years. Programs around the university, including packaging, construction and engineering, are adjusting their curriculum or creating new classes to support the trend. As the state and national economies continue to dive, politicians are urging for more “green” jobs — jobs focused on alternative energy and conserving the environment.

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Earth hour: March 29, 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Mar23
2008 Leave a Comment Written by admin

Millions of people around the world will turn off their lights between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. on March 29th for the second annual Earth Hour.

In 2007, a group of conservation minded folks in Sydney, Australia, conducted an experiment to reduce their energy consumption and therefore reduce their contribution toward climate change. Over 2 million people turned off their lights and appliances for one hour. Those folks in Sydney reduced their energy consumption by 10.2% (which far exceeded their goal of 5%)!

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Science teacher develops wind curriculum

Feb08
2008 Leave a Comment Written by admin

When science teacher Michael Arquin began putting together a curriculum to teach his students about wind power, he found that most wind turbine models were too expensive for the classroom, so he started developing his own wind turbines specifically for teaching.

As a fellow at the Wright Center for Science Education, Arquin formally founded the KidWind Project with the goal of developing curricula and simple wind turbine kits to improve the quality of wind energy science education throughout the U.S.

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Posted in Wind

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