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Green Energy in Haywood County:
Green Energy in Haywood County:
Here is the Lesson for the below PBL Sites. This is a link to the Kenan Website with the Plans. It could easily be adapted to any location. Please reach out if you have questions or would like more information.
Green Energy in Haywood County A Keenan Fellows STEMworks Product
This Energy project is ongoing and building every year. I have worked with multiple businesses, individuals, and government representatives in providing authentic scenarios for students to present their proposals, engage in discourse, and learn the process. I have recently incorporated a community "Ethnographic" component where students create a list of questions to interview the community an then ask those questions. They then have to incorporate the public feedback for this. It is an opportunity to look at qualitative vs quantitative data as well as learn about sampling. I also added a historical component where students look at the impact of Fossil Fuels on Haywood County, encouraging the dive into tourism, automobile emissions, and the number of visitors on the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. I need to do this better.
Green Energy Partners
Green Energy Partners
Our MissionTo maintain and improve surface water quality in the Pigeon River Watershed of Haywood County, North Carolina.
Our MissionTo maintain and improve surface water quality in the Pigeon River Watershed of Haywood County, North Carolina.
Educating and focusing attention on the watershed as a natural, economic and recreational resource to be conserved and enhanced for this and future generations; and Working with public agencies, conservation interests, businesses, community groups, and public and private land owners to implement water quality improvement strategies.
Educating and focusing attention on the watershed as a natural, economic and recreational resource to be conserved and enhanced for this and future generations; and Working with public agencies, conservation interests, businesses, community groups, and public and private land owners to implement water quality improvement strategies.
Haywood EMC has been serving the rural residents of Western North Carolina with affordable, reliable, safe services, and open communications for over 80 years. As a not-for-profit electric cooperative, the member-owners of Haywood EMC have a say in everything the cooperative does through a democratically elected Board of Directors.
Based in Asheville NC, Pisgah Energy provides comprehensive solar and energy storage design, consulting, development and construction services for commercial, municipal, and institutional clients across the Southeast.
We believe that renewable energy is essential to a healthy future on this planet.
We believe in helping our clients reach their goals – whether it’s to save money, promote environmental sustainability, or achieve energy independence.
We believe in creating one-of-a-kind energy systems built on a foundation of industry expertise and technical prowess.
Learning Objectives
To become aware of how chemistry concepts learned in class can be used with a real world application pertaining to water quality.
To learn how to follow correct experimental procedures to test for pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrates and phosphates in water samples and to interpret and evaluate the data obtained to look for evidence of the source of pollutants.
To be introduced to environmental science concepts such as watersheds, runoff, and water pollutants, and the implications of eutrophication due to increased nutrient levels.
To realize the importance of being good stewards for our waterways.
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