Earlier this year, our 8th grade class focused on wind energy. The way we learned about wind was through wind turbines. First, we went around the school and gathered wind speeds. We used these to figure out where to place a turbine if we put one on Lewis Cass property. Once we got the location, we researched how to produce the maximum amount of energy by using different pitch angles, turbine size,...

Have you ever wanted to see how solar panels work? Well, the 8th grade science class got the opportunity to experience this first hand. The solar kits were a STEM project we were assigned to create. The project was to build and test mini solar panels. We built them because it made us understand how solar energy worked better. Building them brought along a fun challenge. The kits included wires,...