What Does It Mean To Be Green?

Julie Venglarcik
Altar Valley Middle School
Altar Valley School District

$9,970.94 Grant Awarded

Students will explore the driving question, “What does it mean to be green?” Learners will be encouraged to penetrate the jargon of the “green” movement: “reduce, recycle, reuse,” and distill what merits this movement has to offer, determining an answer to the question “what more can (and should) we be doing?”
    Learners will self-select research teams and consult with experts in the fields of recycling and renewable energy. Communicating with stakeholders via Skype and maintaining online documentation, they will use technology to research the fields of: solar, water, wind, biomass and geothermal energy technologies. Classroom consults and visits by members of the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance and other resources will be arranged. Learners will also determine potential inroads for reducing school consumption of electricity and water. An integral part of this project will be the publishing of ongoing video documentation to Youtube.com throughout the school year.
Ultimately, our project will be used as a jumping off point for further technology explorations by creating a Lego Robotics Club for our school. The future of renewable energy will be built by learners from Altar Valley Middle School.