An Alternative Energy Education Method
The best method of educating young people about alternative energy production that this writer has ever witnessed is the use of the PicoTurbine Companys kits، books، and projects. The PicoTurbine Company produces these things for the purpose of advancing the cause of renewable (alternative) energy and getting young people to look into the future and see that the environment thats being seeded now is the one they will inherit then. As the late، great Gerry Ford said، ?Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before.? If we are to change the future world for the better، then it starts right here and now with the advent of ?green? energy systems.
One of the core concepts of PicoTurbine can be stated: Tell me، and I will forget. Show me، and I might remember some of it. Involve me، and I will master it. Based on this old tried and true adage، the kits that the company produces come with activity suggestions to get the young people into hands-on learning situations. One suggestion of the company is to demonstrate how heat can be produced by wind energy (the companys specialty) through using a ?picture wire? for the heating element. PicoTurbine has found that people typically think of wind energy as being ?cold? energy، and are pleasantly surprised to see how wind can be used for generating heat in the home. Another project suggestion that the company offers is to have different groups split off in the classroom and then compare their respective wind turbines that they have built. They can see which ones produce the most or least electricity
