BP America
http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=4705&contentId=7040700
BP America gives out grants to schools (teachers) that want to start a Renewable Energy program. This is a K-12 opportunity. If you have a good idea, write for the grant. Grants are around $10,000. You need to have the grant processed by January of each year. Easy Grant writing, if grant writing is easy. You may get a little famous.
The links on this page may be the basis for your grant.
I know several teachers who received this grant. This grants was made for teachers, to write. Not that difficult to do.
Pico
Pico has a Windmill Kit for the grade 5 through adult. This project will help you to explain how energy is made. This does take some time, more than a couple of hours. Not your first project. Start simple.
The supplies are excellent when you buy from Pico.
www.re-energy.ca/pdf/wind-turbine.pdf
This is very similar to Pico but the information is free. From California.
http://101science.com/Radiotutorialslinks.htm
www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/Companies/Companies.htm
You may need to explain about electronics first. These links are good.
A book will be coming out about very basic electricity.
www.re-energy.ca/t_renewablebasics.shtml Canada
This site is a good overall site for teachers as a resource.
The solar cooker is a great first project. This was my daughter's first project in Renewable Energy - 5th grade. If only she could cook. Which came first the stove or the cook?
Make a contest. This is a good way to get parents involved in the learning experience. Have a cook-off at lunch. Test the idea first before you do this. Use only those that work. Some won't.
Before you do any project -- test it --outside of the student class.
A good small project is to make Hydrogen. It is really HHO which is similar. You just split the H2 and O from the H20 in water. You are going to make very little. Maybe a bubble or two.
Take two pencils and take the wood off both ends. Get a old cell phone charger and cut the wires so the ends are exposed. Wrap the ends around the end of each pencil - separately. Use a electrician's nut to tie the pencil and wire together. Put the pencils connected to the wire in a glass of water. Plug in the charger. If nothing happens, put some salt in the water. The salt slows the electrons down (resistance). You get small bubbles. One side is O the other side is H.
You have just made Brown's Gas. They make Hydrogen Cars go.
Build it solar
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Educational/educational.htm
This is an excellent site. Has a lot of ideas.
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from any damages or injuries that might result from errors, omissions or
just a bad design. It is your responsibility to make sure that any
project you undertake is safe and effective for your situation. Do
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