Farming Maui's Winds

Kanoa Taylor of Sempra's Auwahi Wind Farm compares a tabletop electric fan to huge wind turbines on the flanks of Haleakala. 

New IEI teachers on Oahu--Are you one of them yet?

Lanai Workshop: Learning with friends

Our Island Energy Inquiry team was on Lanai this weekend, sharing lessons and experiences with our teaching friends Beth, Bridgette, and Doug.  What a great setting, and what nice new buildings coming into play soon! 

Maui Teachers--Time to join in!

Our Island Energy Inquiry team will be holding a hands-on, inquiry-based two day workshop on Hawaii's renewable energies, soon after the end of this school year.  Join us in Kihei at the Malcolm Training Center, June 6-7.  100 % of our graduates have recommended this course!  Here's the signup info:
http://www.womenintech.com/workshops.html

Inquiring in Oahu

Island Energy Inquiry team member Denissa Andrade leads our Oahu teacher in Photovoltaic (PV) Inquiry on Thursday.  Our teachers had a busy two days...along with running through five lab activities, they met with Hawaii professionals in Energy Audit, OTEC, Algal Biofuels, and Wind Turbine technologies.  Ready to launch in our Hawaii classrooms!

Creating new lessons

We visited Baldwin High School on Maui to try out a new lesson for Island Energy Inquiry.  Wait...are those popcorn kernels?  Cell phones?

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Transferring the Sun's energy

STEM teachers...join our upcoming Island Energy Inquiry workshops to learn classroom lessons like this solar hot water activity.  We hope to see you!