This blog is a website to provide ongoing support to all teachers in their implementation of the Island Energy Inquiry Curriculum shared in teacher workshops throughout Hawai'i.

Friday, March 22, 2013

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!

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

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?

Join one of our IEI teacher workshops and earn a stipend or PD credits for implementing lessons in your classroom

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

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!

Monday, February 25, 2013

Counting down to Oahu's next IEI Workshop

Oahu-based teachers...next Island Energy Inquiry workshop is March 20-21; we hope you're one of the lucky teachers who already pre-registered!
Want to know about algal biofuels?  Ocean thermal energy conversion?  Auditing your own energy use?  Efficiency of your wind turbine design?  Prepare to be enlightened!
If you missed the March 20-21 signups, check our http://womenintech.com website for workshops in May and June, Oahu and Maui.  See you there?

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Another Oahu Workshop!

Oahu-based teachers...we'll be doing another IEI workshop March 20-21, and you'll be learning about wind turbines, photovoltaics, energy audit, and solar water heating--plus other renewables being explored in Hawaii.  You can register for a spot at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IEI_March2013  

Thursday, January 31, 2013

A big mahalo to our awesome Hawaii Island IEI teachers for participating in our workshop. We look forward to hearing about your implementation of the curriculum . Also, thank you to our guest speakers Michael Kaleikini, Kelly King, and Jenna Long. Your presentations were highly informational and relevant to the energy issues of the state and Hawaii Island. What a great weekend!


Tuesday, January 22, 2013

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.