Solar Educator's Workshop - Mounds View High School

1900 Lake Valentine Road,Arden Hills MN 55112

04 December, 2021

Description

Come and learn about the science and technology around solar energy. Make it easy to bring renewable energy to your classroom! CALLING ALL EDUCATORS!! Join Impact Power Solutions and our Education Director, Michael Cartwright (a physics teacher for over 20 years) as we demonstrate the available curricula IPS can provide your school. This workshop is a great way to enhance your professional development and add to your continuing education requirements. This is a FREE Training provided by Impact Power Solutions. IPS will be presenting some data visualization tools, leading a tour of Mounds View's rooftop solar array, and offering insight about how to adapt solar lessons for your classroom. All participants will be eligible for three hours of continuing education credits and will receive Solar Activities Kits to use in their classrooms. Afterwards, IPS will be hosting a complimentary lunch down the street at The Exchange Food & Drink. All attendees are welcome to join! Participants at this workshop will: Explore solar energy curriculum for 4th & 5th graders, middle schoolers, and high schoolersInteract with real-time solar production data from local schoolsTour Mounds View High School's rooftop solar arrayCollect photovoltaic statistics for series and parallel circuitsAnalyze circuit effects on potential difference and current Experiment with photovoltaic production for a variety of light sourcesExplore the relationship between distance from source and production Impact Power Solutions is a full-service renewable energy development company. For over 30 years, we have worked to deliver customers solutions ranging from rooftop arrays to multi-megawatt community solar gardens. We take a full spectrum approach to renewable development, benefiting communities and organizations nationwide.