This event has been cancelled.
Are you curious about teaching wind energy in your classroom or how to prepare for the KidWind Challenge? This year, we are hosting six teacher-focused wind energy education workshops throughout Kansas. Each teacher who attends and completes the training will receive a modified Vernier KidWind Basic Wind Experiment Kit (~$124 value). You can see a photo of these supplies at the bottom of this page.
Here are the details for the Southcentral Kansas workshop:
- Date and time: Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, 9:00am-3:30pm
- Location: Hutchinson Community College Stringer Fine Arts Center, 1300 N Plum Street, Hutchinson, KS 67501 (campus map - pdf)
- Register here by Fri, Nov. 19
- Agenda:
- 9:00 - 9:10am: Introductions
- 9:10 - 9:30: Kansas Energy Program - overview of resources and opportunities
- 9:30 - 10:30: Wind101 Introduction
- 10:30 - 11:30: Sailcar/MacGyver Challenge
- 11:30 - 12:00: Renewable vs. Energy Efficiency + K-12 Benchmarking
- 12:00 - 1:00: Lunch on your own
- 1:00 - 1:20: Introduction to KidWind
- 1:20 - 1:40: Introduction to KidWind turbines
- 1:40 - 3:00: Wind turbine design competition
- 3:00 - 3:30: Q&A and follow-up discussion
Supplies received by those attending the workshop: