Our visit shouldn't just be a one-time event...
Here are some ways you can connect it to your everyday curriculum!
**Disclaimer: We are still developing previsit and postvisit ideas for you to incorporate into your classroom. If you have any suggestions, please let us know!
Field Trip to St. Olaf!
Bring your students on campus for an expansion of our Green Energy curriculum! We can offer you any of the following:
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A tour of the INSIDE of the St. Olaf wind turbine from Facilities Director Pete Sandberg
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A tour of Regents Mathematics and Science building, including real science laboratories (with real experiments going on as we speak!), green roof, Rube Goldberg machine, and more!
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Explore the St. Olaf Natural Lands with Student Naturalists. There's even a geocache somewhere by the St. Olaf wind turbine...
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Follow-up our initial visit with more time to deeply investigate the Green Energy curriculum, including a whole new station & new activities to go with each station!
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ANYTHING else you can think of, we will try to provide for you!
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Contact the Science Alliance Coordinators to set up a St. Olaf visit tailored to your classroom's interests!
Pete Sandberg, Director of Facilities, giving students a tour of the wind turbine at Olaf. We even got to go INSIDE!
Students were curious about how much energy the heat lamp for their turtle used... Using the Kill-A-Watt, we can find out!
Conceptualizing Energy Using Kill-A-Watts
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Conceptualize how much energy different appliances use. By pushing each button, students can measure how many Volts, Amps, Watts, and Watt Hours each appliance uses.
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Students can even bring the Kill-A-Watt home to measure objects in their homes including electric toothbrushes, video games, TV programs, and nightlights.
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Teach students how to use tables when recording data.
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Volts, Amps, Watts, and Time are all related through multiplication. Use the Kill-A-Watt to create real-life math problems students can solve.
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Using estimation and multiplication skills, students can find the Volts and Amps for a particular appliance and then be asked to guess how many Watts the appliance uses.
We also provide a Kill-A-Watt, a device that measures how much energy different appliances consume, for your classroom to use. The Kill-A-Watt can be used in multiple capacities: