Collaboration+Ideas

=Ideas for environmental education collaborative projects= The following ideas were generated from our first group meeting. Feel free to add/modify these initial thoughts.


 * Prototypes**:
 * 1) Students could develop working prototype of wind energy devices and study/improve their models throughout the year.
 * 2) We could have a district competition in which each campus would have a team of students/teachers developing their own prototype and collecting/sharing data related to their project. We will investigate the possibility of developing a common interface for data collection and sharing via the Internet.


 * Collaboration Projects:**
 * 1) email exchanges/video conferences with scientists and/or other students studying wind energy or alternative energy


 * Field Trips**
 * 1) Students could document their field trip experience and become advocates for alternative energy. Students could create public service announcements etc. to inform our community about alternative energy


 * Data Analysis**
 * 1) There are many possibilities for students to analyze data and possibly compare it to other source data. For example, students could compare data from the HEB warehouse MET towers with data collected from the district WeatherBug weather station.


 * Scientific Knowledge Enhancement**
 * 1) Make strong connections to scientific method as applied to real-world R&D project
 * 2) Live data collection


 * Environmental Awareness**
 * 1) Student advocacy opportunities for creating presentation/taking action to save THEIR WORLD.


 * Real World Classroom Investigations**
 * 1) renewable/nonrenewable energy
 * 2) energy transformation: Kinetic, potential, forces, mechanical, electrical


 * Exploration of Science Careers in Alternative Energy**


 * Possible opportunity for WISD students to participate in the R&D project as collaborators...**