Power San Marin

Evidence of Work

Throughout this whole unit, we worked on mini projects that taught us how energy works, and how energy is generated and used by us.

6/7 2019 Energy Justification (Williams)

These are the different ways that electricity is generated and the pros and cons of using that method of electricity generation.

After learning about all the ways that electricity is generated, we were taught how energy is generated through a generator which is an electric motor but backwards.

Stem Write-Up

One of our mini projects was to design, build, and test wind propeller blades. The goal was o create a blade that was very good at generating large amounts of energy with low speed winds. After finding the best working blade design we were asked to make a poster with all the data and information we came up with.

San Marin Micro Grid

For our final project we were asked to put all of our knowledge together to come up with ideas of how San Marin High School could become its own micro grid. The goal of a micro grids is to have a place that is able to sustain itself with energy that is generated. Another goal for us was to minimize the amount of energy that is consumed.

Content

Charge- the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field
Electrostatic Force- the amount and direction of attraction or repulsion between two charged bodies
Coulomb’s- unit of electric charge
Inverse Square Law- a law stating that the intensity of an effect such as illumination or gravitational force changes in inverse proportion to the square of the distance from the source
Electric Circuit- is composed of electronic components through which an electric charge can flow
Voltage- potential difference in charge between two points in an electrical field
Electric Current- the rate of flow of electric charge past a point or region
Magnetic Field- a region around a magnetic material or a moving electric charge within which the force of magnetism acts
Volts- unit of electromotive force
Amperes- a unit of electric current
Electric Field- a region around a charged particle or object within which a force would be exerted on other charged particles or objects
Electric potential- the amount of work needed to move a unit of positive charge from a reference point to a specific point inside the field without producing an acceleration

Reflection

During this project I was able to reflect on the the things that I did well and a few things that i need to keep on working on. The two things that I was able to improve on for the better were being a leader and critical thinking since I had to do most of the work while one of my teammates left for a trip and my other teammate was not here for half of the time we had to work on it. Even though I got better in those areas I need to work on being a conscientious learner and work on communication since I did not talk too much to my group about their ideas. Overall I think I did really good.