ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS (I) DESCRIPTIONS

SPRING 2000

 

 

GROUP I. CLASS ACTIVITIES (all required):

 

A.            Wind Activity. You are to design and build a device which will use the energy from moving air (a fan) to perform a practical task. See separate activity sheets for rules, regulations and details.

 

B.             Energy Game. Play an energy game by yourself or with other students. This could be a computer game or a board game. When you have completed the experience, submit a list of the names of the players, the title of the game played and your specific one page, double spaced, typed evaluative comments concerning the game's features or characteristics and your opinion of the educational value of the game. If you play a computer game, be sure to include the review and evaluation of the information packet which accompanies the software.

 

C.            Energy Facts Project and Presentation. Teams of three (3)

                students are to prepare a ten to twelve (10 : 12 minimum/maximum) page*

                12 point, single spaced with double spaces between, processed with Microsoft Word, paper

                which  reviews energy facts linked to a  selected energy source. Your review is to report the

                newest  developments about this area : minimal HISTORY : and you should use references

                NOT older than six  (6) years.

 

Your review is to cite a minimum of six (6) properly notated references excluding the required textbook. You must use journals, magazines and books in addition to the Internet as a resource! Evaluation will be on technical content and accuracy as well as the traditional considerations for a quality research report, i.e., spelling, sentence structure, proper word use, etc. Save a tree : DO NOT include a separate title page! Give your title, your team members names and begin, on p. 1. Staple in the upper left corner. Use no covers or binders. SUBMIT TWO (2) COPIES. One' will be evaluated and returned, the other one retained by the instructor. Select and sign up for a topic (rear of classroom) early in the semester.

 

Your team is to prepare and present the topic to the entire. class. The time frame will be 25 to 30 minutes (minimum/maximum). A11 team members are to participate in the preparation and presentation, that will be instructor and peer evaluated. Team members will evaluate the performance of other members on their team. For your presentation, you are highly encouraged to use Power Point, overhead transparencies, posters, and/or information sheets to support your verbal dialog. (Lectures alone are "deadly".)

 

*10:12 full pages of content (minimum) EXCLUDING graphs, charts, illustrations, bibliography, etc.

 

 

D:            Calculator : Based Laboratory (CBC) Activities.

                Teams of five (5) students will select a CBL activity from those presented. The team will

                review and  analyze the CBL package, conduct experiments/tests as directed, and prepare

               a written student oriented CBL activity based on the package. (See format sheet).

 

E.             Passive Solar Home Design and Testing. Each student will design a realistic model passive solar home. Solar heat energy collection and retention will be important concepts to address. You will present your design concept and contest data to the entire class. See separate sheets for rules and regulations.

 

F1.           Solar Cooking Activity (egg). The class will be divided into teams to design, construct, and compete in a cooking eggsperience using radiant solar energy as the only energy source. Your team will present your design, success and cost analysis to the entire class. See separate assignment sheets for rules and regulations.

 

F2.           Solar Cooking Activity (meal).

                The class members will form "teams" to design, construct, and use a  cooking device applying

                radiant solar energy as the only energy source. Each team will research and prepare a

                portion of a solar cooked meal to be shared with the entire class. (Appetizer, entree, vegetable, dessert).

               Your team  will present your design to the entire class. See separate assignment sheets for rules

               and regulations.

 

GROUP II. Individual Activities (all required):

 

A.             Current Energy News. Keep up to date on energy events and contribute to class discussions concerning these events. Bring in the most recent newspaper and journal articles and other announcements for the bulletin board display. Write your name on the article. Suggestion: Read and highlight the important information. Know what the article is about. Only partial credit will be awarded if you are unfamiliar with the article. A minimum of one (1) article, on three different days, is required.

 

B.             Laboratory Maintenance. Each student is to complete one hour of laboratory maintenance. A job list is posted. Keep track of your own time on the Laboratory Maintenance sign‑up sheet and have the instructor initial it at the conclusion of the class period on the day you do the work. Full credit will be awarded if you complete this experience without "dogging it"; a ratio of time completed: credit if you do not.

 

C.                   Hydroponics. Warning: This activity may take a long period of time (60 : 90 days). Plan ahead! You are

Expected to contribute to the "class hydroponically  grown salad" the last day of class. For students who

                                desire to design and build a complex system or conduct experiments ; Optional Credit.

 

GROUP III. OPTIONAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES:

 

Various energy related events will occur on campus and in the region during the semester. If you desire, you may attend, take notes and submit a one page, double‑spaced typed review of the event. Potential credit value will be announced prior to the event.

 

 

GROUP     IV. EXAMINATIONS. QUIZZES AND ATTENDANCE:

 

A.            Examinations. Three (3) examinations will be administered during the semester. Each will encompass the course content prior to the administration date. Content will be based on readings, lessons, class activities and class discussions.

 

B.            Quizzes. Quizzes may be administered on an announced or unannounced basis. Point value to be announced at the time of administration. Quizzes on the reading assignments may be given at any time.

 

C.            Class Attendance. You are to attend all regularly scheduled classes and stay in the lab for the entire class unless departing for the acquisition of materials, work in another laboratory or research. Three early departures without the instructor's permission will equate to one absence. Four absences are considered excessive and you will be dropped from the course by the instructor. See Course Requirements: Due Dates and Credit Value for attendance related extra credits and/or penalties.