Change Is Simple

     Today we had educators from Change Is Simple visit our classroom to teach us about energy--where it comes from, how much different appliances in our households use, and what we can do to not waste it.  They brought hands-on activities to really help the students understand the value of energy.  Did you know that a hairdryer uses almost 1300 watts??!  That's about 100 times as much energy as an LED bulb.  And a small, handheld vacuum cleaner uses over 200 watts.  It makes you rethink using a simple broom or dust mop to clean your floors.  And cranking up enough energy to light a standard incandescent bulb takes a lot of hard work!

     Change Is Simple will be visiting our school periodically until the end of the school year, bringing more hands-on opportunities to learn about energy and what simple changes we can make to impact our world.  Check them out at their website http://www.changeissimple.org/

Cranking away to light a 60 watt incandescent light bulb!




Patrick showing us a "model home" and where we can save energy.
















Gillian using a wattage meter to show how much energy is used by different common appliances in our homes.