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Build Your Own Curriculum
NorthWoods is offering facilitation of these lessons as well, either in your classroom or here at the NorthWoods campus, with your choice of the following lesson plans:
Energy 101
- Passport to Lunch—Students earn their passport to lunch while investigating food production, near and far.
- Energy Pyramid—Students build an energy pyramid, and experiment with what holds it up.
- Work it Circuit—Experiment with a basic electrical circuit with a solar twist.
Conservation and Efficiency
- Journey to the Core—Discover a new way to compost… in your classroom!
- Jazzy Junk Journals—Make handmade journals from reused materials
- Recycled Paper Making—Get hands-on with the recycling process and make your own paper!
- Watt’s Your Consumption—Find the real numbers for energy consumption in school and at home.
Hands-On Renewables: Solar, Wind, Hydropower, Geothermal, Biomass
-Window to the Sun—Apply the basics of passive solar construction as you build a mock home
-Solar Cookers—Build, test, and taste the products of a classroom solar cooker
-Riding the Wind—Explore the principles of wind energy while flying a kite
-Wind at Work—Can you put the wind to work? Take this challenge and find out.
-Catch a Waterfall—Build and test waterwheels as you learn about hydropower
Contact Maria or call 802-723-6551*115 for further information or to schedule a program. |
