We  had such a great time this past weekend running the IEI workshop on Kauai! Mahalo to our enthusiastic participants and knowledgeable presenters Bob Conti and Gregg Matsuo.

Aloha IEI Oahu Participants,

Please find below the updated calendar as of 1-10-13 for Kits#1 and #2 on Oahu.  You may need your reading glasses as the image quality isn't that great, but this will hopefully give you an idea of the open time slots available.  Please contact Liz Shigeta to reserve equipment.  Mahalo and Good Luck!

Kit #1

Kit #2

WIT had great weekend this past January 5 and 6 running an enriching Island Energy Inquiry Workshop on Oahu! Here are Pearl City High School teachers Paula Casamina and Kathy Arakaki engaged in a renewable energy science inquiry exercise.

Math of Wind Turbines!

Congratulations to Ann Saucier for building an Algebra unit around wind turbine technology at Lokelani Intermediate on Maui.  Ms. Saucier was able to engage her classes in trying to maximize output voltage through improvments in the blade designs of their turbines.  By using the IEI Lending Library, she had enough wind turbines to educate and involve teams of students.  It's wonderful to hear stories like these from our inspiring Hawaii teachers.

Visit Island Energy Inquiry!

We have a new visitor's page for Island Energy Inquiry, featuring photos and teacher comments from our workshops.  We've even got a movie trailer, and some of you will see your faces there!  Log in to http://islandenergyinquiry.org  and select "Continue as Guest".  We think you'll like these new features.

Hot water captures Sun's energy

Maui teachers store heat in water by using an electric pump, powered by solar energy acting on a photovoltaic panel.  Heat, light, electricity, motion, sound--many forms of energy.

Solar hot water: An old idea that's still current.

Building a solar water heater to explore conversions of the sun's radiant energy.