The Powerpod was invited to be part of the childrens' activities at the Green Houses - carbon free living? exhibition at Our Dynamic Earth on the 17th and 18 th March, 2007. There were lots of stalls exhibiting solar panels, wind turbines, wood-burning stoves etc, as well as the activities provided by SciFun and ourselves.This was put together by the BA as part of the Science week exhibition.
The weekend did not get off to a good start when it was found the the Powerpod could not join the exhibition as it proved too wide to get up the wheelchair ramp. Therefore after a lot of dicussion between ourselves and the Dynamic Earth staff it was set up in the turning cirdle beside their outside exhibit. However this proved unworkable due to the noise of this and the isolation of the trailer and the other exhibitor. So we shut it down and concentrated on our wind and solar workshops up in the gallery.
Both days proved to have busy and quiet periods allowing us to play around with the other exhibits and find out what was happeneing in the commercial world of renewable energy.
On Sunday we were allowed to visit the "Our Dynamic Earth" exhibition itself - and lots of fun was had by all!
If you visited us here we would appreciate any feedback - good or bad!
Tuesday 20 March 2007
Thursday 15 March 2007
Powerpod at James Gillespies High School, Edinburgh
The young people had a chance to show to some of their school compatriots what all the excitement is about. The Powerpod and the peer educators were invited to do their stuff at James Gillespies High School Edinburgh on Wednesday 14 th March. So with the weather cool but dry the workshops were able to remain outside beside the Powerpod. With over 9 classes of 20 pupils scheduled to visit the workshops over the course of the day it was going to be a very busy session - but thankfully there was nearly a full
contingent of young people there to carry things along and share the tasks. As far as could be judged everyone enjoyed their day and pleasant things were said about the young people by their appreciative teachers.
The young people were also interviewed for the Young Scots Award - they have been nominated for the envoronment award we wish them all the best!
If you were able to come to this we would appreciate your feedback - just click on comment below!
Energy Storage Workshop
The energy storage workshop is all about how we store energy when we do not need it. Renewables being as they are, are dependant on the vagaries of nature, we cannot always rely on the wind being there when we need it or the power from the sun at night - so we must store any excess energy until it is required.
One of the most common ways is storing it is in a battery and the workshop is all about explaining how these work. There is the fruit battery, which is always a good exhibit and making your
own voltaic pile.Another way of storing it is by the production of hydrogen from the electolysis of water. Electricity is then produced on demand from hydrogen fuel cells. The use of hydrogen fuel cells is demonstrated using both a model fuel cell and a fuel cell car.
Sunday 11 March 2007
Powerpod at Crieff
STOP NEWS - Edinburgh Woodcraft gain funding from the Big Lottery Fund!
STOP NEWS - Edinburgh Woodcraft Folk and the Powerpod project reach the finals of the Young Scots 2007 awards
The Powerpod was one of the exhibits at the Association for Science Education(Scotland) AGM, Crieff on the 9th and 10th of March. The Powerpod was parked in front of the Foyer with the Peer Educators undercover in the foyer entrance. As well as the Powerpod the conference attendees were able to see and hear the peer educators at work on three tables of workshops and a poster session. The exhibit was also visited by 60 year 1 pupils from Crieff High School.
If you attended this event we would appreciate your feedback.
Other exhibitors that caught the eye were
The educational kits from solar and wind applications
The puppets project allowed us to take the puppets to the Powerpod. The venturers used them to produce a play - we definitly need to get some of these.
STOP NEWS - Edinburgh Woodcraft Folk and the Powerpod project reach the finals of the Young Scots 2007 awards
The Powerpod was one of the exhibits at the Association for Science Education(Scotland) AGM, Crieff on the 9th and 10th of March. The Powerpod was parked in front of the Foyer with the Peer Educators undercover in the foyer entrance. As well as the Powerpod the conference attendees were able to see and hear the peer educators at work on three tables of workshops and a poster session. The exhibit was also visited by 60 year 1 pupils from Crieff High School.
If you attended this event we would appreciate your feedback.
Other exhibitors that caught the eye were
The educational kits from solar and wind applications
The puppets project allowed us to take the puppets to the Powerpod. The venturers used them to produce a play - we definitly need to get some of these.
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