Teaching about 21st Century Energy Sources to Pre-college Students and Teachers

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #235.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,

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For several years, the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has led a weeklong summer workshop on alternative energy sources for high school students. We have several versions of the workshop, depending upon the students participating. Recently, we offered the workshop to students attending a science magnet school, students from a large, urban school, and “learning different” students. Students perform a variety of “design and build” projects, one for each of the major energy sources. Energy sources typically explored include solar, hydrogen fuel cells, and fusion. Along with the laboratory exercises, students work on virtual experiments, computer simulations and some lecture. This summer, we will begin a four-week professional development program centered on the same topic. Participants will use their work in the laboratory and classroom to develop inquiry-based curricula, aligned with State and National standards that use energy as a theme for exploring various topics in physics and physical science. A description of each workshop will be given along with results from various exit surveys that probe the impact of the workshop on student attitudes towards energy.

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