The Boston Museum of science sported many interesting exhibits, the one that seemed most relevant to the class was their great exhibits about alternative energy and wind power.  The Energized! exhibit displayed many hands on models, this made it easy to understand how these alternative energy sources worked.  There were solar panels, hydroelectric examples and also an entire exhibit devoted to wind power.  Nine wind turbines mounted on the top of the building generate power, this exhibit also displayed maps of all of the wind farms in MA.  This exhibit showed how important it is to correctly place a wind farm through an interactive game, it showed how much energy a wind turbine would produce depending upon where it was set up.  After that I visited the Sun Power exhibit, this educated people about the values of photovoltaics.  Live stats from a roof mounted solar panel show how much electricity is being generated at any given time.  The uses for this energy is explained by showing how solar energy can be used to power cars.  It is very important to educate children about the energy sources of tomorrow, these exhibits accomplished that in a fun and interactive way.

The Boston Museum of Science

Photovoltaic installations located on the roof of the MoS Boston