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This lesson is adapted from PSU's GREATT lesson, Solar Power: The History, Chemistry, and Application of Photovoltaics. In this Maximum Power Point lesson, "students will investigate how to optimize the power output of a photovoltaic cell using a home-made gnomon stand. Data collected from students'...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on measuring "the sun’s irradiance (radiant power received by a surface per unit of area) with an instrument used in the solar...

This webinar recording from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) features a presentation from Deb Hall, who describes a hands-on STEM outreach project designed to engage and introduce middle school aged students to Building Automated Systems...

This 5-page course outcome summary, published by Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC), provides information about the Metallurgy course taught at NWTC. During this course, students learn about the "manufacture of iron and steel, mechanical and physical properties of metals, metal...

This video is provided by Missoula College and shows energy practicum students redesigning and retrofitting a floating hydro magneto used for portable power generation on waterways. This video runs 2:56 minutes in length. 

This video is provided by Missoula College and shows a demonstration by energy practicum students of a floating micro-hydro magneto. The video shows the students explaining what they created and how fast it should go, part of the building process, and the students testing it in the water. The video...

In this webinar, Jim Pytel, from Columbia Gorge Community College, presents on motors in electro-mechanical technology. Pytel highlights his YouTube channel Big Bad Tech, describes the college's electro-mechanical technology curriculum, and highlights the college's motor course. Pytel also explores...

The Bioenergy Research and Education Bridge Program (BRIDGES) creates case study curriculum. BRIDGES is "focused on topical, authentic case study scenarios in the bioenergy field." The cases studies explore "... solutions for a more secure energy future using bioenergy technologies while addressing...

This webinar, provided by the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), was presented on April 27, 2018 by Shawn O'Brien, from the North American Board of Certified Enginery Practitioners (NABCEP). During this presentation O'Brien discusses the history of...

This is the homepage for the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project that offers energy information and programs for teachers and students. "Since its founding, NEED has kept its Kids Teaching Kids philosophy as a fundamental principle of NEED programming - encouraging students to...