Renewable Energy Science

Alternative energy sources are becoming more and more desirable. This class provides a comprehensive overview of the many forms of alternative energy and makes environmental protection and energy conservation issues tangible with hands-on models. Experiment with heating, cooling, conduction, convection, and insulation. Investigate Earth's climate, the water cycle, and that inexhaustible power plant in the sky: the sun. Test passive solar collection methods with a solar collector. Hook up a photovoltaic solar panel to generate electricity from sunlight. Build wind turbines to extract energy from the wind.