Southcentral Kansas Wind Energy Education Workshop (Hutchinson)

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

2022 KidWind Challenge Sponsors

 

Supplies received by those attending the workshop:

Educator Workshop supplies received