Posted on March 8th, 2010 by ASEE
Operated by the Idaho National Laboratory, the Energy for Educators Website offers excellent lessons on energy topics for all grade levels, including on wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, nuclear, and biomass energy sources.
Teachers will also find news about the Energy workshops, INL wind resources, real-time wind data, “energy myths,” and a write-in “ask a scientist” page.
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by jxs
The KidWind Project website offers free resources for teaching about wind power in the K-12 classroom. KidWind offers lesson plans, introductions to key concepts, plans and guides for building model wind turbines, and links to resources around the web. KidWind regularly hosts workshops, events, and conventions, as well.
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by ASEE
The Power of the Wind Website supplements The Power of the Wind National 4-H Curriculum, designed to help middle school students learn about wind energy and design, build, and test wind-powered devices.
The Website offers videos, links to other wind energy resources, and clever 2-page activities, including building a weather vane, kite design and improvement, and an energy scavenger hunt.
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by ASEE
The NOAA Photo Library captures the work, observations, and studies carried on by the scientists, engineers, and personnel of this diverse agency — the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency. The 32,000 digitized images demonstrate NOAA’s scientific heritage, spanning the World’s oceans and atmosphere, and transporting viewers “from the surface of the sun to the bottom of the sea, and [from] travels through centuries of scientific thought and observations.” Teachers may find these images helpful to illustrate engineering and scientific principles.
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by ASEE
The Wind Science and Engineering Research Center at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, has a number of weather-related resources for students and for teachers, including activities to measure the wind or simulate a tornado, images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and links to other online sites, such as FEMA and the Weather Channel.
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Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by ASEE
The International Technology and Engineering Educators Association — ITEEA — is a professional organization for technology, innovation, design, and engineering educators. The Association seeks to promote technological literacy by supporting the teaching of technology and promoting the professionalism of those engaged in these pursuits.
Find on the website lists of grants and awards and online resources, and the Engineering by Design program.
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Posted on March 1st, 2010 by ASEE
The Nerd Girls Website offers “a place where girls and women can celebrate their inner nerd and their femininity,” supporting “a growing, global movement which celebrates smart-girl individuality that’s revolutionizing our future.” NerdGirls.com supports a blog and community forum and offers profiles of the current nerd girls team and their projects.
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