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Creating Leaders for Community College & High School Technology/Engineering |
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College Based Projects 2006-2007: LINK HERE POWER UP COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL BASED PROJECTS: Hydropower
Water, Wind, and the Engineering Design Process Description: Students will construct models of water wheels or wind turbines. They will test the model and refine their designs before comparing results with results found by students at Charlestown High School. Joan Brenner, Bunker Hill Community College Water Wheel Power Description: Students will plan, construct, and evaluate a water wheel. After testing, the wheels will be used to illustrate further concepts of physics, such as circular and rotational motion. John Schlesinger, Bunker Hill Community College Energy and Computer Networking Connections Description: Students will explore the relationship between networking, computer choice and equipment and power usage. Jody Norton, North Shore Technical High School Engineering School at Hyde Park Description: A team of students, teachers, parents, and various representatives from neighboring institutions will work to develop a small engineering themed high school. The mission of the school will be to provide students with a rigorous, hands on learning environment rich in student leadership and involvement. Kent Downing, Engineering School at Hyde Park Energy Sampler Description: Students will work on a rocket project where they will build a hand air pump compressed rocket with PVC launcher. Students will work on an electronics project where they will design, draw, and calculate resistance voltage current power and energy. Students will also study human generated energy and determine how that biomechanical power will run a project the students will design. Kurt Lichtenwald, Gloucester High Wind Turbine Description: The wind turbine project will be modified to include an AC motor. This will allow AC circuit concepts to be addressed as well as frequency and phase concepts. Paul Chanley/Wayne Kibbe, Northern Essex Community College Solar Car Description: Students will build a solar car and explore the relationship between sunlight and electricity. Before creating the car, students will explore various methods of energy production and research renewable energy. Donna Costa, Peabody Veterans Memorial High School Rubber Band Power Description: Students will build a vehicle powered by rubber bands. A school-wide competition will be held with the goal of creating the vehicle that travels the greatest distance. Al Errede/Ray Rousseau, Tantasqua Regional High School It’s Electric! Description: Students will create an electric vehicle. A Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck will be converted to run on electricity supplied by rechargeable batteries. Mike Norton/Raymond Lehner, Blackstone Valley Regional High Schoo Scrubber Design Description: Students will design a scrubber to collect and treat nitrogen and sulfur oxides before the oxidation of the gases to nitric and sulfuric acids. They will also research the possibility of using bacteria or yeast to consume the acids to an innocuous substance and examine the possibility of generating electricity from the acids. Vin Di-Taranto/Dadbeh Bigonahy, Quinsigamond Community College |
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