Wind for Schools Energy Educator’s Webinar August 13, 2010

Curricula Sources NEED – – Wind – Resource Education – – Fever –

Bringing the Turbine into the Classroom Admission to the program is dependent upon curricula commitment There are 10 curricula options that educators can choose from Educators choose two out of ten

10 Curricula Options Thirty Minute Weekly Lessons Hands-on Wind Intensive Week Hands-on Science of Energy Week Kid Wind Design Challenge Power of the Wind After- school Club Participation in the AK WfS Essay Contest Wind Energy Conference NEED Youth Project for Energy Achievement WindWise Energy-Focused Science Fair

1. Thirty Minute Weekly Lessons K-12 Provides standards-based materials from a variety of sources Includes easy-to-follow instructions Online resources are still under construction

Weekly Lessons are Organized by Grades & Modules 1. Sustainability 2. Climate Change 3. Energy Science 4. Fossil Fuels 5. Renewables 6. Applications

 K-12  School wide interactive activities with UA students and WfS staff, inquiry-based centers, construction of wind turbine models, etc. 2. Hands-on Wind Intensive Week

3. Hands-on Science of Energy Week  K-12  Similar to the Wind Intensive Week, but with more integration of other energy resources (using other NEED kits)

 K-12  Turbine design competition  Use a portable wind tunnel  State challenge will be held March 7-10, 2011 in Girdwood at the International Wind Diesel Conference 4. Kid Wind Design Challenge

 National 4H's Power of the Wind materials National 4H's  Alaska Chapter of Women of the Wind (Little Women of the Wind) Alaska Chapter of Women of the Wind  Events will be scheduled on a monthly basis by WiDAC to support the Wind Clubs and to provide ongoing educational opportunities for the Wind Club participants 5. Power of the Wind After-School Club

6. Alaska WfS Essay Competition  K-12  An option for participants that are not science or math teachers  To be announced for 2010

7. Wind Energy Conference  6-12  WfS will help teachers identify guest speakers and generate topics and resources for the energy conference

8. NEED Youth Project for Energy Achievement K-12 National competition 2011 registration information will be available March 2011 Winning schools (primary, elementary, junior, senior, and special categories) are recognized at an award ceremony in Washington DC each June

 6-12  STANDARDS-BASED LESSONS for middle and high school STANDARDS-BASED LESSONS  Ready-made LAB & ACTIVITY KITS for educators, worksheets and answer keys, case studies and profiles of professionalsLAB & ACTIVITY KITS  INTERDISCIPLINARY LESSONS for physics, technology, earth science, life science, math, language arts and social studies INTERDISCIPLINARY LESSONS 9. WindWise

 6-12  Occur in Spring to coordinate with District and State Science Fairs  WfS will help provide supplemental educational materials and project ideas for students 10. Energy-Focused Science Fair

Let’s try one! WindWise Lesson #5 “Can Wind Power Your Classroom?”

Katherine KeithHannah Gustafson Wind Application CenterState Facilitator Thanks!