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Texas A&M researcher teaches kids energy conservation
Bryan students learn hands-on conservation techniques at weeklong camp
By: Alex Worsham
Issue date: 6/23/09 Section: News
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Camp Energy was designed to give sixth, seventh and eighth graders hands-on experience with energy conservation techniques, said Don Gilman, creator of the program and Texas A&M assistant research engineer.
"We hope we will produce students who are interested in it at a personal level and apply it to their lives, possibly as a career," said Bryan ISD secondary science coordinator Debbie Richards.
It is imperative that kids learn this concept now, Gilman said.
"If our parents had learned about it at that age, we wouldn't have the level of problems have now," Gilman said.
The camp will explore a different concept each day this week.
Camp Energy teacher Susan Hammond will teach an introduction to the different forms of energy, and energy transformations.
"We're going to do an energy survey to find out how efficient the school is," Hammond said. "The students will find out different ways that energy conservation can take place in a large building, compared to a small building such as their homes."
The students need to apply this knowledge in the future to make the most of our resources, Hammond said.
"As our energy resources change, the cost of energy changes over time and energy technology improves, we want the students to find the best uses of our energy resources and conserve energy for future generations," Hammond said.
The students will also learn about heat conservation, alternative fuels, wind energy and nuclear energy.
"Friday, the kids will build solar cars and have a solar barbeque," Richards said. "It should be a lot of fun."
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