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The Renewable Source

Season: 
Fall

Adult Advisor:
Kathleen Kleemeyer
Team Members:
Keylin Freeman (age:16)
Mario Gasperin (age:16)
Yusuf Ahmed (age:16)
Project Category:
Saving Energy
Project Outline:

We would like to investigate reducing power usage in our school and/or neighborhood, including energy audits and giving local businesses recommendations. We would also like to explore alternate sources of energy.

Blog Posts: 


happy new year

Saturday, January 1, 2011 - 00:23

  Adios 2010, Hello 2011 Well throughout this project we had an enormous amount of fun and learning experiences. The three of us really changed a lot and gained a lot...

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our video on YouTube!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 07:49

We are up and running on YouTube now...this is our informative video we produced for Green Week at Northland. Now that we were able to get our technology to work, we have...

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at last...we have the information necessary to do the calculations!

Monday, December 20, 2010 - 11:35

With a district this large, we finally were able to get into contact with the right person and attain our kilowatt usage hours! Last Friday, I spoke with the secretary in our...

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Green Week

Monday, December 20, 2010 - 01:21

Hello my fellow polar bear lovers! Hey guys, it's me Yusuf here! Well, these past weeks have been a hard one for us; every one of our plans were destroyed and unfullfilled....

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bumps and road blocks

Monday, December 6, 2010 - 09:16

Well, we were supposed to have a meeting last Wednesday, but there was a fight at our school and the students were all asked to leave for safety reasons. We were supposed to...

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At last...we have found some useful information!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 16:42

After several attempts to garner the correct information, we finally contacted the treasurer's office via phone and were directed to the district's energy office. We didn't...

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Wrapping up our Energy Audit

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 15:43

This past week, we conducted our energy audit. We went to every room and area in the school to find out the energy usage (Lighting, Computers, Printers, TV and DVD sets,...

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Information about the scope of our project

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 15:15

We live in Columbus, the capital of Ohio. The population of Columbus was approximately 769,000 in 2009, but if you include the surrounding areas, there are more than a...

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Boo at the Zoo #2

Sunday, October 31, 2010 - 22:22

Keylin had to go to work later in the evening, but we returned one last time to the Polar Frontier exhibit. Here is the link to video blog entry #2: http://s1214....

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Boo at the Zoo

Sunday, October 31, 2010 - 22:16

We had a great time yesterday at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, interacting with the public, educating people about polar bears and conserving energy, and seeing all of the...

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