Monthly Archives: November 2011

Geo-Thermal Energy

This is a make up blog post to the robot lab because I was not able create a blog about it due to my surgery. What is geothermal energy? Geothermal energy is energy that is created and stored in the … Continue reading

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Final Experiment Lab

Last class we met in our groups to discuss and figure out what experiment we wanted to create and present to the class. Right from the start we wanted to do an experiment using a generator of some sort. We … Continue reading

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Solar Cell Lab

For the lab today in class, we did an experiment using solar cells. The equipment we used was a light, solar cell, different colored pieces of reflectors, and the robot to measure how much voltage was being collected by the … Continue reading

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Tom Vale

The head of the science department, Tom Vale, came into our class today and did a few demonstrations for our class. His demonstrations consisted of the Stirling engine, Deltier Effect, Peezol Electric effect, and the Tesla coil. All of these … Continue reading

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Generator Lab

On Monday, the class did a generator lab. This lab was to show how adding energy increased voltage. We were given a flashlight that you had to shake to light it. However, it was modified because the flashlight was connected … Continue reading

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