2018 Idaho Wind Energy Workshop -

Boise, ID

If you are unable to register for the workshop please email wmoss@need.org to be placed on the wait list.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

K – 12^th Grade STEM Teachers
Preservice Teachers

FOR THE ATTENDEES:

It’s FREE
Breakfast & lunch provided
Access to Wind kits for use in the classroom
Materials aligned to Idaho Science Content Standards

AGENDA

8:00 a.m. Registration

Pick up materials and conference supplies. Continental breakfast will be served.

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Wind Energy Bingo

Welcome! Review goals and objectives for the workshop and begin planning ways to use the NEED and KidWind materials and training in your school. Play Wind Energy Bingo!

9:15 a.m. Science of Energy

Learn about energy transformations, forms of energy, and their connections to the electricity we use.

9:45 a.m. Electric Connections

Where does our electricity come from? This quick activity will give you a snapshot of today’s electricity picture.

10:00 a.m. Wind Energy 101

10:30 a.m. Accessing Wind for Schools Data – Open EI

Connecting the Wind for Schools generation data to the classroom.

Elementary/Intermediate

Intermediate/secondary

10:45 a.m. Teaching Language Arts with Wind

Use interdisciplinary lessons to integrate more wind in the classroom.

11:45 a.m. Lunch & presentations of Language Arts activities

12:45 p.m. Exploring Wind Activities

Create a model to do work Build your own anemometer Explore blade variables

2:30 p.m. Siting & Mapping Measuring Tall Objects

10:45 a.m. MacGyver Wind Power

11:45 a.m. Lunch & presentations of Language Arts

12:45 p.m. Blade Design/Theory & KidWind Challenges

2:45 p.m. Advanced Siting Activities

3:15 p.m. Paperwork and Other Stuff: Complete Workshop Evaluations, Post-workshop assessment.

3:30 p.m. Adjourn

Special Thank you to
US Department of Energy Wind for Schools Program
Wind Application Center at Boise State University