Funding a Giveaway is a great way to help a school access wind energy technology.

What you give: You will be donating a Basic Turbine Classpack to a school that has applied for this giveaway. These materials will help educators in under-funded schools give access to students that wouldn't have the opportunity to learn about wind energy.

What you get: You will be recognized for helping a low-income school on our website. Also, your contact information will be given to the school. You should hear back from the school to which you donated. Soon we will be posting feedback and thank you letters from schools on our website.

What we give: The WIND for ALL Classpack is a collection of great resources to teach about wind energy in the classroom. We have discounted these products at 20%, and will provide FREE SHIPPING.

If you would like to fund a WIND for ALL Giveaway, follow these simple steps:

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Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School of Coventry

City: Coventry

State: RI

Story: Feinstein Middle School is the only middle school in Coventry, RI and serves a wide range of students. With over 1200 students, it is one of the largest middle schools in the state and the staff strives to make education personalized for each student. Additionally, the science teacher on my team has been working with a number of students on a greenhouse project to grow produce which is then donated to our local food bank. By educating students on renewable energy that can be developed right on the school grounds, I hope to broaden their awareness of their own abilities to have a positive impact on the environment and their own community.

Angleton Middle School

City: ANGLETON

State: TX

Story: Some of my students live with their extended family. Some of them only eat lunch and breakfast at school and have no meals at home. I'll give them the fruit that I get from my lunch so that they can take it home with them. Our school has a budget of 50 cents per student for Science. We have 500 6th graders. Anything above the budgeted amount, I have to buy with my own money. I'm a teacher and my husband is a pastor. I also am the sponsor for the school's Science club. We do not have a budget for the Science club. We usually run 80-120 in our club. Anything you can do to help will be greatly appreciated. These children love Science and marvel at any opportunity they have to experience it. Thanks for your consideration.

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Asotin-Anatone School District

City: Asotin

State: WA

Story: Our students need exposure to sustainable energy and real-world science. This project will directly involve over 1/3 of our students Kindergarten-12th grade. Its presentation in our sustainable energy science fair will expose the rest of the student body and our community to our results. We are excited about the prospects of this project and hope to make it a reality.

Attica High School

City: Attica

State: NY

Story: I teach environmental science in a town that is in the center of a windmill debate. A huge wind farm was just put up in the community and many are not happy about how the decisions were made and where the turbines were located. I would love the opportunity to teach the students about how these turbines function and their potential. Then perhaps they can teach the adults in the community that the turbines can have a positive impact on the community, instead of seeing them in such a negative light. Thanks!

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Austin Academy for Excellence

City: Garland

State: TX

Story: I am always searching for a better way to present renewable resources to students. Most of my students live in urban areas where they do not see wind turbines or solar panels. They have no sense of where their electricity comes from nor do they care. I feel it is my job to make them aware of the benefits and possibilities of renewable energy.

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Barbara Walker Elementary

City: Crandall

State: TX

Story: Barbara Walker Elementary is a brand new school in the Crandall school district. We are unique in that we serve the students who live in the newly developed Heartland community. Our students are encouraged to walk to our campus on the sidewalks that line the community. Not only does this promote fitness, it also limits the fumes and energy burned from vehicles that do not have to drop off students. In the modest community, we have hard working families that support the education of their children. Developing the whole child is a part of our district goal. We strongly believe in giving back to the community and by emphasizing environmental education, we are able to show the importance by utilizing such unique tools as the PVC turbine. What better way to make an impression than allowing them to see the difference that can be made with using alternative energy in a hands on way!

Benjamin Stoddert Middle School

City: Waldorf

State: MD

Story: Our school serves over 700 students in grades 6-8. We are located just outside of the DC metro area and due to the location and circumstances the students have grown up in, they have had little exposure to alternate energy sources.

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Berry Elementary

City: Houston

State: TX

Story: Our school is an Environmental Science Magnet school. Each grade level is designed to study a different aspect of environmental Science. Our second grade students are the lucky students to be focusing their attention on wind power, which is why this would be a perfect fit for their environmental workstations. We are a Title 1 school with low socio-economic students. 97% of our students are Hispanic and many are coming from families that have a limited knowledge base about how to improve the environment. We are constantly trying to help our student and parents to become better stewards of the earth but we need help with getting materials. So please consider helping us!

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Blue Ridge High School

City: Lakeside

State: AZ

Story: I've managed to be awarded grants so far to purchase materials for solar and H2. Living in a rural part of the Arizona mountains and having the first and only commercial wind farm in Arizona within easy access to my students, wind energy in my curriculum is sorely lacking in materials, limited to a paper model and reading about it. School budget dilemmas what they are today, I would very much appreciate any financial help that may be available to support more complete learning of wind energy in my classroom. Thank you for your consideration!

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Blue Ridge High School

City: Lakeside

State: AZ

Story: I've managed to be awarded grants so far to purchase materials for solar and H2. Living in a rural part of the Arizona mountains and having the first and only commercial wind farm in Arizona within easy access to my students, wind energy in my curriculum is sorely lacking in materials, limited to a paper model and reading about it. School budget dilemmas what they are today, I would very much appreciate any financial help that may be available to support more complete learning of wind energy in my classroom. Thank you for your consideration!

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Carver-Edisto Middle School

City: Cope

State: SC

Story: CEMS is home to 700 rural students. These students rarely leave our rural area and have limited interaction with technological advances their urban counterparts have experienced. Our students can broaden their horizons by using this project as a means to understand worldwide advantages and uses.

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Central Middle School

City: 4857 Bloom Avenue

State: MN

Story: Our classes are large, my largest is 34 students, and the times are economically weak. Where I could buy one turbine out of pocket, it would be difficult to fund a classroom set to allow greater participation. I also would include the other two science teachers in this venture. At five classes a day, that a lot of students to affect.

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Chase STEM Academy

City: Toledo

State: OH

Story: Chase Elementary was an underperforming school that restructured in 2008 to become a STEM school. Since restructuring our students have moved from academic emergency to continuous improvement on our state report card. This is in part due to the concentrated effort of our teachers to incorporate science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities into everything we do and relating it to real world problem-solving. We have received the 2009 A+ for Energy Grant to fund the construction of a wind turbine at our school site. Our goal is to help students understand how alternative energy sources can help provide clean and sustainable energy sources for the future. We would like to use the wind turbines to help our students understand the transfer of wind energy to electrical energy, how the design of different blade models can affect the amount of energy produced by the turbine, and research the ways engineers and scientists work together to design new ways of harnessing the wind's power.

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Chatham High SChool

City: Chatham

State: NY

Story: Chatham is a small, rural school that strives to offer its students a challenging and innovative course of study. We are currently working K-12 on developing an ecological concept of what we want students to learn about the environment in each grade, how it should be taught, and how we can integrate current, live data in that teaching. By teaching alt energy practices we will better prepare our students for a changing world; one that they may be better participants in. And as a small school in upstate NY, funding for new programming is always a challenge!

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Conneaut Middle School

City: Conneaut

State: OH

Story: We have recently had a wind turbine built on our school property. This wind turbine should offset our energy expenses by 60%. Our plan is to use this real life event to explore alternative and renewable energy's in the classroom.

Daniel D. Waterman

City: Cranston

State: RI

Story: The science kits that we use are not very inquiry-based and usually I have to supply my own materials so that students can experience hands-on inquiry. I also incorporate differentiated instruction in my inclusion classroom. Wind turbines have popped up within our state (3) and the discussion continues. Kids would benefit from seeing how a turbine produces energy.

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E. Rudd Intermediate

City: Van Vleck

State: TX

Story: We are a title one 2A school. We live 80 miles south of Houston in a VERY small town. Any exposure to this type of renewable energy is SO wonderful for these kids.

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Eisenhower High School

City: Shelby twp

State: MI

Story: Our school north of Detroit borders farm land which is having debates about wind energy. I could use a great demonstration to go along with the physics of motors and generators.

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Elkton Elementary and River Bend Elementary Schools

City: Elkton

State: VA

Story: I teach the Challenge program at 2 schools in Rockingham County, Virginia. These kids are so excited to learn about alternative energy technologies; they think it is so cool that we can make electricity with the sun and wind. They love learning through hands-on experiences like building things and experimenting with them.

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Forest Hills Middle School

City: Sidman

State: PA

Story: We are in the middle of the Allegheny Front (and bituminous coal fields). In the last 2 - 5 years several companies have constructed windmills along a ridge not too far from our school. I (when time and finances allow)take students on field trips there. We can see about 20 wind turbines from our classroom. It would be very relevant and appropriate to have a hands-on wind turbine lesson when studying alternate energy technologies.

Franklin Middle School

City: Greeley

State: CO

Story: Franklin Middle School is in a high poverty neighborhood. The students have the necessary intelligence to perform well but lack the life experiences to support their learning. Using the wind turbine kits will give them a great experience in real life applications of their learning. This is a kit that our school district is unable to fund. Thank you for understanding and supporting children that have the potential to be productive citizens and break free from the chains of poverty.

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Fredonia Elementary

City: Nacogdoches

State: TX

Story: We are 98 percent free and reduced lunch. An extremely high percentage of our students were not born in the USA. They have not had the opportunity to travel except their trip to the US. Their background knowledge of Texas and its resources is very limited. My goal is to allow as many students as possible to contribute to the workforce. Since most of my students struggle with the language barrier, hands on activities is the way to reach them in order for their success in school. THey are very eager to learn new things. Most of their parents do not speak English. Please help us by contributing to my school.

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Garcia Middle School

City: Brownsville

State: TX

Story: Garcia Middle School is one of ten middle schools in Brownsville. We have the second largest enrollment, currently over 1,000, and over 90% of our student are hispanic. A large number of our students come from a home where little or no english is spoken. I have noticed that the more things there are that the students can see and or touch the better they understand the underlying concepts. I taught them about wind turbines, but when I came back from a recent science conference with a wind energy kit, from "Kid Wind", the students really got involved. Now they are excited about trying to design blades that will out perform the ones I made, and they are asking a lot more questions. I am planing to spend my own money to buy enough kits so that I can set up at least six groups next year, and get the students more involved. I would also like to see if our school can get a grant to install one or more wind turbines for our school.

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GFW High School

City: Winthrop

State: Mn

Story: We are a rural consolidated district with 3 small towns (Gibbon, Fairfax and Winthrop). All 9th grade students do a science fair project and 3 of my best students tried to develop and test their own blades for wind generators. Sorry to say that I did not get to your site until now or they could have used some of your kits. Maybe they will decide to do a project next year again if some kits are granted. We have a green energy team at our school that is trying to get funding (through grants) for larger wind or solar equipment to help supply energy for the school. My budget is limited to between $1000 and 2000 per year and that is for engineering, physics and 3 sections of physical science. Funding for regional and state science fair is granted as well and we usually take over 20 to regional science fair. From there we send students to state and sometimes ISEF (international). It still would be hard to order enough wind energy kits to do much with a full class with my limited budget. Thanks for your consideration. I am sending this during a snow day where school was called off by not just the snow but the high winds blowing it around.

Glenwood Middle School

City: Findlay

State: OH

Story: My school has 400 students in grades 6-8, and over half of them qualify for the free lunch program. I want to provide my students every opportunity to learn about new technologies and opportunities they have to become productive and creativity workers, scientists, engineers, and problem solvers. Any opportunity I can give them to actually try out and test their ideas opens doors for their futures. We will be building a new school in the next 3 years and it will be LEED certified to be energy efficient. Now is a great time to teach my kids about new ideas in renewable energy as they witness some of these things being incorporated into our new building, and learn about sustainable energy alternatives for our future.

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Half Hollow Hills CSD

City: Melville

State: NY

Story: In tough economic times our supply budgets are decreasing; for example, our districts teachers association agreed to a pay freeze for the 2011-12 school year.

Hall Middle School

City: Larkspur

State: CA

Story: I am a permaculturalist and am hoping to infuse the values of earth care, people care and fair share to my students. This year I am working to create an inspiring curriculum that embeds permaculture values by empowering students to become resilient, more self-sufficient while simultaneously encouraging them to be of service.

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Heatherstone Elementary

City: Olathe

State: KS

Story: By studying the history of the state of Kansas students learn that windmills played an important role in the energy needs of its citizens. The windmill was vital in generating energy needed to pump water to families, livestock and crops. Currently though Kansas students may have lost sight of how important the role of wind energy is for sustaining our present lifestyles. With this project we can encourage these young minds of our future to look into wind energy as a sustainable resource for many generations to come.

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Hidden Valley Elementary

City: Savage

State: MN

Story: Hidden Valley Elementary is one of 10 elementary schools in the Burnsville School District. We are located in Savage, MN. We are a suburban school with an urban enrollment. Almost half of our school population is on free and reduced lunch. We struggle to meet AYP. We have a very ethnic and multicultural group of students. They bring a variety of cultural history, but some of their family income is low. My science budget does not allow me extra money outside of my usual restocking of consumable science equipment. I have applied for grants and funding to supplement my curriculum. This would be an excellent way for students to become engineers and design, create and develop inventions that improve society. It will also promote problem solving skills, develop possible solutions and ways to communicate effectively.

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Highlands El. School

City: Edina

State: MN

Story: We have been researching VAWT for many years and hope to acquire one for our site some day.

Houston County High School

City: Erin

State: TN

Story: These turbines will be used in a Title I High School in a rural mountain county in Tennessee. Our students are not exposed to many "city" technologies. Our curriculum stresses hand's-on learning (STEM). Many of our students are future farmers and would benefit from learning green technologies. Our 1st year students will learn about windmill-tech with these models. Third year students will engineer and build them on campus, outside. It is hoped that their engineering experiences will encourage them to continue their education beyond high school.

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Imagine Schools at West Melbourne

City: West Melbourne

State: FL

Story: We are a Florida public charter school. Our students come in from a 50 mile radius, and a few of them come from families that are struggling financially. The hands-on nature of these experiments really stimulates the students excitement for science.

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J. T. Barber Elementary School

City: New Bern

State: NC

Story: I teach in a very low socioeconomic setting. We have 110 immigrants from as many as 10 countries. Not only is it difficult to teach these children the curriculum, but they have problems with the English word meanings. Having them work hands-on helps the English as Second Language (ESL) students, as well as all the other students. Our demographics: Black 52%, Multi-racial 4%, Hispanic 12%, Asian 16%, White 15%.

Kaleidoscope Middle School

City: Houston

State: TX

Story: My school is a small, public charter school. We have a high percentage of students who are new to the country, and I try to focus on as many hands-on activities as I can.

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Kings Manor Elem.

City: Kingwood

State: TX

Story: We are a Title 1 school that believes in commitment to each student's academic success. We work very hard to teach with enthusiasm and caring. Our school received the coveted designation of Exemplary School for the year 2009 - 2010. Our children perform very well for us because of the relationship we nurture with the students and their parents. The turbines will really help us enrich the student's academic experience during the last two weeks of school. What a great way for each student to remember fourth grade at Kings Manor Elementary!

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Kings Manor Elem.

City: Kingwood

State: TX

Story: We are a Title 1 school that believes in commitment to each student's academic success. We work very hard to teach with enthusiasm and caring. Our school received the coveted designation of Exemplary School for the year 2009 - 2010. Our children perform very well for us because of the relationship we nurture with the students and their parents. The turbines will really help us enrich the student's academic experience during the last two weeks of school. What a great way for each student to remember fourth grade at Kings Manor Elementary!

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Leetonia Middle School

City: Leetonia

State: OH

Story: Our district is in a rural area of Columbiana County, Ohio. Our district has been unable to pass a school levy and is facing financial difficulty.

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Lime Street Elementary

City: Hesperia

State: CA

Story: My goal, as a teacher, is to help my students see a brighter future for themselves. Most of the students in our school come from transient apartment homes. Many times they do not experience the types of education that will ignite their imaginations and help them launch some goals that will change their lives. My goal is to use these science tools to help them see options for their lives that will help take them beyond their present situations as they approach the working world of adulthood.

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LRTC

City: Lewiston

State: ME

Story: Most students come from middle class famillies. Our school budget is limited for buying tools and equipment and supplies. Giveaway program helps for stem subject teachings.

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Mendenhall Middle School

City: Greensboro

State: NC

Story: We have had to scale back our career technical education program due to budgetary constraints. I have tried other funding and haven't had much success. We continue to receive opt out students which further reduces our student to funding ratio.

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Merrimack High School

City: Merrimack

State: NH

Story: Merrimack High School is a rural town located in southern New Hampshire. Most students have few interests outside of sports and or hanging around with friends. My goal as an educator is to make science fun, challenging and relevant to their life. The majority of students are great kids with little experience with building things that work. The majority of students are living with only one parent and or both parents are working 50 plus hours. Hopefully, I can turn my students on to Science!

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Mora High School

City: Mora

State: MN

Story: I plan on using this turbine to help my students understand wind energy. When I was a student in a summer workshop through Hamline and CREED, I learned a ton about wind turbines using a similar kit, the most striking experience being that it is lift, not drag, that spins a wind turbine like this. I would like my students to have a similar learning experience. Using this kit, my students will be able to experiment with blade design, interpret data, and identify real life variables (such as radius and velocity) that are used in mathematical equations.

Mount Pleasant Cottage School/Edenwald

City: Pleasantville

State: NY

Story: Just recently over the Christmas holiday I traveled from New York to Georgia. On the returned trip I was driving through PA and looked off to the distance and saw several wind turbines. I happened to need to stop for gas so I pulled off the next exit. As I drive into the town I again saw the wind turbines, now getting bigger and bigger. I just starting talking to my students about wind power before the Christmas break and now I could see the wind turbines in real life. For my students, as well as for many others, seeing and working "hands-on" really gives meaning to a given topic. When I returned back to school I shared what I had seen with my students and showed them some information I had found about the town on the internet. Although my students seemed interested, seeing it first hand would have been a true experience for them. I truly feel that the more "hands-on" experiences students have, the more engaged they are with a given topic. Programs such as this can really give education a jump start! Thank you for all your help.

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NDSU Extension Service / 4-H Programs / Mountrail County

City: Stanley, New Town, Parshall

State: ND

Story: Part of the Fort Berthold Reservation is in Mountrail County (Parshall and New Town). Opportunities to explore science and technology will give students ideas and motivation to possibly pursue careers in wind or other sciences. Enhancining their education with this type of hands-on learning is very needed in rural North Dakota.

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Neptune Middle School

City: Neptune

State: NJ

Story: I teach in a school that consists of a large population of students who live in public housing and recieve free or reduced breakfast and lunch. Our test scores have struggled and students have lost substantial motivation. Our school has added a Science Technology program to encourage students to explore Science and Engineering, yet funds have been constantly cut. These turbines could help reach a large number of students. During an entire school year I reach over 400 students with multiple marking periods and rotating days. Thank you for your time and consideration.

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Odyssey Charter School

City: Palm Bay

State: FL

Story: Odyssey is a ten year old public charter school in central Florida. The school has an "A" rating, but has emphasized science before now. Currently science instruction is primarily textbook and worksheets. This school needs more hands-on equipment to teach the processes and habits of the minds of good science instruction.

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Oswego Middle School

City: Oswego

State: NY

Story: Our city's port served as a delivery point for 200+ wind turbines for a wind farm in Lowville, NY. (Maple Ridge Wind Farm). Learning and seeing how wind turbines work would add to student�s local, as well as global knowledge about how green energy is created. With the wind turbines in our school we could incorporate the possibility of cooperative learning. With the big push for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) integration, we could get multiple disciplines involved working on one unit simultaneously. Students would be able to transfer knowledge from one discipline and apply it in another.

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P025 South Richmond HS/IS

City: Staten Island

State: NY

Story: South Richmond HS offers educational opportunities for students with learning disabilities. My goal as the science teacher is to create learning opportunities that are fun and engaging. Hands on learning captures the students' interests and negative behaviors are drastically reduced. I have also seen a great improvement in test scores, as students remember the projects they have completed, much better than material they have read in a textbook.

Page Middle School

City: Gloucester

State: VA

Story: Page Middle School is a suburban/rural middle school. While our building was built in the mid 1950's, our focus is on emerging technologies to teach the students what kind of careers they should begin to consider.

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Patchogue-Medford High School

City: Medford

State: NY

Story: My school district has been on austerity for the last two years. It is difficult for teachers to get supplies. We are at least 10 years behind in technology. My high school has 3000 students. It has a growing latino population and is very diverse.

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Pioneer Ridge Middle School

City: Chaska

State: MN

Story: We currently have a wind turbine being built on the school property for the city of Chaska. Students are very interested and curious about the turbine and it would be a perfect tie in with our science curriculum.

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Plainview-Elgin-Millville

City: Elgin

State: MN

Story: Our school district is in a very rural community where there is a sincere interest in researching wind based energy initiatives. I believe these 8th grade students will play a major role in helping the community understand the importance of wind energy. Due to budget cuts and other issues, we simply cannot afford to purchase all the materials to see this project to fruition. I am hoping that our project will be realized with the help of others out there that also understand its true educational importance.

PS 18Q

City: Queens Village

State: NY

Story: We are a NYC public school with many students interested in learning more about science. Thank you for considering our school.

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PS 18Q

City: Queens Village

State: NY

Story: We are a NYC public school with many students interested in learning more about science. Thank you for considering our school.

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PS 18Q

City: Queens Village

State: NY

Story: We are a NYC public school with many students interested in learning more about science. Thank you for considering our school.

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PS 18Q

City: Queens Village

State: NY

Story: We are a NYC public school with many students interested in learning more about science. Thank you for considering our school.

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PS 18Q

City: Queens Village

State: NY

Story: We are a NYC public school with many students interested in learning more about science. Thank you for considering our school.

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Renewable World Education Center

City: Neshkoro

State: WI

Story: The Renewable World Foundation was formed because of the need for students to better understand the relationship between energy development and usage and the conservation of our natural resources. We've chosen to approach the same science material state and national learning standards require teachers to address inside the classroom. However, we've taken the material from their textbooks and applied it to real world scenarios and hands-on activities during a multi-day program at the Renewable World Education Center.

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Richland One Middle College

City: Columbia

State: SC

Story: We are a unique charter school focusing in project based learning in SC, where integration of technology is a tool to reach every student in our school. As integration of tech in our school, every student check out a laptop computer to use within the school year. laptop that student can keep if he or she maintain a 3.5 GPA average at the end of the senior year.

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RJ Richey Elementary

City: Burnet

State: TX

Story: We are working to be a GREEN school! Over the past two years we have implemented different projects and goals on our campus, installing a rain harvesting cistern for our butterfly garden, installing a nature trail and outdoor classroom, and finding ways to implement recycling in every classroom. We continue to search for ways to engage our students in being stewards for our community.

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Roma ISD

City: Roma

State: TX

Story: We are a rural school district that is primarily hispanic with a high level of low social economic students. Educational opportunities for a lot of our students are not available and this will be a plus for their education.

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Skyview Junior High

City: Bothell

State: WA

Story: Skyview Junior High has a strong science program that continues to integrate with other subjects. Students and staff have developed a natural environmental study area behind the school. The school participants in the King County Green School Program and has already reached level two. This year they have applied for a solar panel study sponsored by a local utility. If approved the students will be gathering data at the school from the energy collected from the panels. We will also implement solar vehicle design and wind power projects.

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Sobriety High School

City: Burnsville

State: MN

Story: Sobriety High School's mission is to provide adolescents recovering from alcohol and drug dependency a comprehensive, four-year high school diploma program in a safe, sober and chemical-free environment. (They would use the) turbine as a part of (an) Ecology class. It would be used to show students what renewable energy is and show them how to make a wind turbine themselves. They would learn a little ecology, the importance of conservation, and some physics. The overall lesson was derived from the need.org lesson called "Exploring Wind Energy".

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Town School for Boys

City: San Francisco

State: CA

Story: This kit would not only push active learning to capture the scientific minds of the students, but would hopefully inspire them to become more "green" in their daily lives. As most schools are feeling the crunch of the economy, this kit will allow us to continue making changes in our curriculum, which will in turn help create more global learners who are concerned and connected with how to best manage our waning natural resources for the future.

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Tri Valley Jr/Sr High School

City: Hegins

State: PA

Story: A wind farm with 50-60 turbines is proposed to be built on the mountain range just south of our school by the year 2012. We are an extremely rural public school (graduating class size is between 60-70). Real estate values and job opportunities are lower here. As a result, we have developed "Keystone Opportunity Zones" in our county to encourage industries that decide to move in by offering them tax breaks.

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University of Minnesota

City: Minneapolis

State: MN

Story: Our NSF Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power is new to the wind power initiative. Our work on making hydraulics and pneumatics more effective, compact and efficient can benefit the wind power industry immensely. We are working on educating youth on the benefits of wind power and the impact on our use of energy and the environment.

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Valley Ranch Elementary

City: Porter

State: TX

Story: We are in our 4th year, so we are relatively new. I have a science club that does extended projects beyond the classroom. I would start the turbines lessons in class and bring the turbines to the club to extend upon what is learned. I would like to have my students explore different option of generating energy. We have had budget cuts that aren't allowing for the purchase of many science projects. We are a Title I school. I use my science club to extend learning to all of my students. I have many students who aren't in the advanced class because of numbers. I love having my students researching and designing ideas of how to invent and create things.

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Valley/Parkwood and Main Elementary

City: Beavercreek

State: OH

Story: I teach students who are identified as gifted. Gifted funding has been cut back and it is often hard to find the needed supplies unless I spend my own money. My students in 5th grade are studying energy and doing research projects on environmental problems. The students will end their year by creating energy efficient homes using foam board. It would be very beneficial if they had the supplies to build a wind turbine.

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Verrado High School

City: Buckeye

State: AZ

Story: Verrado is the first completely Green School (as designated by LEED - Leaders in Environmental Engineering and Design) in the state of Arizona, and the 5th in the nation. Our school is very new, and we are fully committed to integrating environmental awareness as part of our curriculum. Helping fund our efforts will help Verrado teach Green as well as be Green!

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Vidor Jr High

City: Vidor

State: TX

Story: In our after school science program, I was helping students with film canister rockets. A student was beaming, "I never got to do anything like this before." Many of my students have never had opportunities to design their own experiments. It is a priviledge to help students experience science. Please help me, help them!

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Walton County 4-H

City: DeFuniak Springs

State: FL

Story: Walton County 4-H Technology Club has been involved in multiple alternative energy projects. Most recently, through the help of a grant, the youth built a working battery operated motorcycle. This group of teen leaders and their adult volunteer provide leadership teach over 100 school aged youth each year. They work on projects such as: electricity, bio-gas production, robotics, and computer science. The addition of a turbine would help them expand their educational efforts.

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West Grand Elementary School

City: Kremmling

State: CO

Story: How can stormy windy weather encourage science? Spring and fall in the high country as well as winter and summer are windy. Students complain and ignore the energy opportunities this wind provides. I want to students to realize the rush of wind on their faces is a valuable energy factor. They need to realize that renewable natural resources are key for communities like ours.

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West Memorial Junior High

City: Katy

State: TX

Story: We are the second oldest junior high in our school district. Our school is approximately 33 years old and much of our science equipment is 33 years old and in need of an update. We currently do not have any resources to teach about wind energy other than reading a textbook. We could really use some hands on equipment.

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West Prep School

City: Las Vegas

State: NV

Story: West Prep was once considered the least desirable school to attend in all of Nevada. Three years ago, the school was completely changed. Every aspect of the school including the model, the name, administrators and teachers were revamped. As a result, the school now is thriving. Students are graduating from high school and attending college. AYP goals are being met and as a result, I am proud to be a teacher at West Prep. The school is K-12. The K-12 concept was adopted at West Prep which was derived after the Foshe Model serving extremely at risk students in Los Angeles. Currently, over 95% of the student population qualifies for free and or reduced lunch. As a Math and Science teacher, my hope is to start an after-school alternative energy club and integrate these projects in the main stream classroom. My vision is to see elementary, junior high, and high school students working, teaching, and learning together to understand the various types of energy available to us now. My dream is that these students will become leaders in alternative energy and go off to college and earn an engineering degree and take our country back from oil dependence. I may be reached at csnichols@interact.ccsd.net Please support us!

WizKidz Science and Technology Centers

City: Dacula

State: Ga

Story: WizKidz Science and Technology Centers is a Georgia 501(c)(3) organization that offer strictly science and technology programs. Our facility houses activities in Robotics, Forensic Science, Paleontology and more. Our organization partners with local universities and science and technology related businesses and corporations to offer outreach initiatives to students that create pathways into colleges and careers in science and technology.

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Wolfe City Middle School

City: Wolfe City

State: TX

Story: There are only two science teachers in our school. We are always looking for new and fun ways to get our kids interested in science. I have always been interested in how we can develop more alternative forms of energy to do more things. I think it would be a great experience for the kids to actually work on something that might benefit others.

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Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School of Coventry

City: Coventry

State: RI

Story: Feinstein Middle School is the only middle school in Coventry, RI and serves a wide range of students. With over 1200 students, it is one of the largest middle schools in the state and the staff strives to make education personalized for each student. Additionally, the science teacher on my team has been working with a number of students on a greenhouse project to grow produce which is then donated to our local food bank. By educating students on renewable energy that can be developed right on the school grounds, I hope to broaden their awareness of their own abilities to have a positive impact on the environment and their own community.

Angleton Middle School

City: ANGLETON

State: TX

Story: Some of my students live with their extended family. Some of them only eat lunch and breakfast at school and have no meals at home. I'll give them the fruit that I get from my lunch so that they can take it home with them. Our school has a budget of 50 cents per student for Science. We have 500 6th graders. Anything above the budgeted amount, I have to buy with my own money. I'm a teacher and my husband is a pastor. I also am the sponsor for the school's Science club. We do not have a budget for the Science club. We usually run 80-120 in our club. Anything you can do to help will be greatly appreciated. These children love Science and marvel at any opportunity they have to experience it. Thanks for your consideration.

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Asotin-Anatone School District

City: Asotin

State: WA

Story: Our students need exposure to sustainable energy and real-world science. This project will directly involve over 1/3 of our students Kindergarten-12th grade. Its presentation in our sustainable energy science fair will expose the rest of the student body and our community to our results. We are excited about the prospects of this project and hope to make it a reality.

Attica High School

City: Attica

State: NY

Story: I teach environmental science in a town that is in the center of a windmill debate. A huge wind farm was just put up in the community and many are not happy about how the decisions were made and where the turbines were located. I would love the opportunity to teach the students about how these turbines function and their potential. Then perhaps they can teach the adults in the community that the turbines can have a positive impact on the community, instead of seeing them in such a negative light. Thanks!

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Austin Academy for Excellence

City: Garland

State: TX

Story: I am always searching for a better way to present renewable resources to students. Most of my students live in urban areas where they do not see wind turbines or solar panels. They have no sense of where their electricity comes from nor do they care. I feel it is my job to make them aware of the benefits and possibilities of renewable energy.

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Barbara Walker Elementary

City: Crandall

State: TX

Story: Barbara Walker Elementary is a brand new school in the Crandall school district. We are unique in that we serve the students who live in the newly developed Heartland community. Our students are encouraged to walk to our campus on the sidewalks that line the community. Not only does this promote fitness, it also limits the fumes and energy burned from vehicles that do not have to drop off students. In the modest community, we have hard working families that support the education of their children. Developing the whole child is a part of our district goal. We strongly believe in giving back to the community and by emphasizing environmental education, we are able to show the importance by utilizing such unique tools as the PVC turbine. What better way to make an impression than allowing them to see the difference that can be made with using alternative energy in a hands on way!

Benjamin Stoddert Middle School

City: Waldorf

State: MD

Story: Our school serves over 700 students in grades 6-8. We are located just outside of the DC metro area and due to the location and circumstances the students have grown up in, they have had little exposure to alternate energy sources.

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Berry Elementary

City: Houston

State: TX

Story: Our school is an Environmental Science Magnet school. Each grade level is designed to study a different aspect of environmental Science. Our second grade students are the lucky students to be focusing their attention on wind power, which is why this would be a perfect fit for their environmental workstations. We are a Title 1 school with low socio-economic students. 97% of our students are Hispanic and many are coming from families that have a limited knowledge base about how to improve the environment. We are constantly trying to help our student and parents to become better stewards of the earth but we need help with getting materials. So please consider helping us!

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Blue Ridge High School

City: Lakeside

State: AZ

Story: I've managed to be awarded grants so far to purchase materials for solar and H2. Living in a rural part of the Arizona mountains and having the first and only commercial wind farm in Arizona within easy access to my students, wind energy in my curriculum is sorely lacking in materials, limited to a paper model and reading about it. School budget dilemmas what they are today, I would very much appreciate any financial help that may be available to support more complete learning of wind energy in my classroom. Thank you for your consideration!

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Blue Ridge High School

City: Lakeside

State: AZ

Story: I've managed to be awarded grants so far to purchase materials for solar and H2. Living in a rural part of the Arizona mountains and having the first and only commercial wind farm in Arizona within easy access to my students, wind energy in my curriculum is sorely lacking in materials, limited to a paper model and reading about it. School budget dilemmas what they are today, I would very much appreciate any financial help that may be available to support more complete learning of wind energy in my classroom. Thank you for your consideration!

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Carver-Edisto Middle School

City: Cope

State: SC

Story: CEMS is home to 700 rural students. These students rarely leave our rural area and have limited interaction with technological advances their urban counterparts have experienced. Our students can broaden their horizons by using this project as a means to understand worldwide advantages and uses.

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Central Middle School

City: 4857 Bloom Avenue

State: MN

Story: Our classes are large, my largest is 34 students, and the times are economically weak. Where I could buy one turbine out of pocket, it would be difficult to fund a classroom set to allow greater participation. I also would include the other two science teachers in this venture. At five classes a day, that a lot of students to affect.

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Chase STEM Academy

City: Toledo

State: OH

Story: Chase Elementary was an underperforming school that restructured in 2008 to become a STEM school. Since restructuring our students have moved from academic emergency to continuous improvement on our state report card. This is in part due to the concentrated effort of our teachers to incorporate science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities into everything we do and relating it to real world problem-solving. We have received the 2009 A+ for Energy Grant to fund the construction of a wind turbine at our school site. Our goal is to help students understand how alternative energy sources can help provide clean and sustainable energy sources for the future. We would like to use the wind turbines to help our students understand the transfer of wind energy to electrical energy, how the design of different blade models can affect the amount of energy produced by the turbine, and research the ways engineers and scientists work together to design new ways of harnessing the wind's power.

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Chatham High SChool

City: Chatham

State: NY

Story: Chatham is a small, rural school that strives to offer its students a challenging and innovative course of study. We are currently working K-12 on developing an ecological concept of what we want students to learn about the environment in each grade, how it should be taught, and how we can integrate current, live data in that teaching. By teaching alt energy practices we will better prepare our students for a changing world; one that they may be better participants in. And as a small school in upstate NY, funding for new programming is always a challenge!

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Conneaut Middle School

City: Conneaut

State: OH

Story: We have recently had a wind turbine built on our school property. This wind turbine should offset our energy expenses by 60%. Our plan is to use this real life event to explore alternative and renewable energy's in the classroom.

Daniel D. Waterman

City: Cranston

State: RI

Story: The science kits that we use are not very inquiry-based and usually I have to supply my own materials so that students can experience hands-on inquiry. I also incorporate differentiated instruction in my inclusion classroom. Wind turbines have popped up within our state (3) and the discussion continues. Kids would benefit from seeing how a turbine produces energy.

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E. Rudd Intermediate

City: Van Vleck

State: TX

Story: We are a title one 2A school. We live 80 miles south of Houston in a VERY small town. Any exposure to this type of renewable energy is SO wonderful for these kids.

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Eisenhower High School

City: Shelby twp

State: MI

Story: Our school north of Detroit borders farm land which is having debates about wind energy. I could use a great demonstration to go along with the physics of motors and generators.

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Elkton Elementary and River Bend Elementary Schools

City: Elkton

State: VA

Story: I teach the Challenge program at 2 schools in Rockingham County, Virginia. These kids are so excited to learn about alternative energy technologies; they think it is so cool that we can make electricity with the sun and wind. They love learning through hands-on experiences like building things and experimenting with them.

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Forest Hills Middle School

City: Sidman

State: PA

Story: We are in the middle of the Allegheny Front (and bituminous coal fields). In the last 2 - 5 years several companies have constructed windmills along a ridge not too far from our school. I (when time and finances allow)take students on field trips there. We can see about 20 wind turbines from our classroom. It would be very relevant and appropriate to have a hands-on wind turbine lesson when studying alternate energy technologies.

Franklin Middle School

City: Greeley

State: CO

Story: Franklin Middle School is in a high poverty neighborhood. The students have the necessary intelligence to perform well but lack the life experiences to support their learning. Using the wind turbine kits will give them a great experience in real life applications of their learning. This is a kit that our school district is unable to fund. Thank you for understanding and supporting children that have the potential to be productive citizens and break free from the chains of poverty.

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Fredonia Elementary

City: Nacogdoches

State: TX

Story: We are 98 percent free and reduced lunch. An extremely high percentage of our students were not born in the USA. They have not had the opportunity to travel except their trip to the US. Their background knowledge of Texas and its resources is very limited. My goal is to allow as many students as possible to contribute to the workforce. Since most of my students struggle with the language barrier, hands on activities is the way to reach them in order for their success in school. THey are very eager to learn new things. Most of their parents do not speak English. Please help us by contributing to my school.

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Garcia Middle School

City: Brownsville

State: TX

Story: Garcia Middle School is one of ten middle schools in Brownsville. We have the second largest enrollment, currently over 1,000, and over 90% of our student are hispanic. A large number of our students come from a home where little or no english is spoken. I have noticed that the more things there are that the students can see and or touch the better they understand the underlying concepts. I taught them about wind turbines, but when I came back from a recent science conference with a wind energy kit, from "Kid Wind", the students really got involved. Now they are excited about trying to design blades that will out perform the ones I made, and they are asking a lot more questions. I am planing to spend my own money to buy enough kits so that I can set up at least six groups next year, and get the students more involved. I would also like to see if our school can get a grant to install one or more wind turbines for our school.

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GFW High School

City: Winthrop

State: Mn

Story: We are a rural consolidated district with 3 small towns (Gibbon, Fairfax and Winthrop). All 9th grade students do a science fair project and 3 of my best students tried to develop and test their own blades for wind generators. Sorry to say that I did not get to your site until now or they could have used some of your kits. Maybe they will decide to do a project next year again if some kits are granted. We have a green energy team at our school that is trying to get funding (through grants) for larger wind or solar equipment to help supply energy for the school. My budget is limited to between $1000 and 2000 per year and that is for engineering, physics and 3 sections of physical science. Funding for regional and state science fair is granted as well and we usually take over 20 to regional science fair. From there we send students to state and sometimes ISEF (international). It still would be hard to order enough wind energy kits to do much with a full class with my limited budget. Thanks for your consideration. I am sending this during a snow day where school was called off by not just the snow but the high winds blowing it around.

Glenwood Middle School

City: Findlay

State: OH

Story: My school has 400 students in grades 6-8, and over half of them qualify for the free lunch program. I want to provide my students every opportunity to learn about new technologies and opportunities they have to become productive and creativity workers, scientists, engineers, and problem solvers. Any opportunity I can give them to actually try out and test their ideas opens doors for their futures. We will be building a new school in the next 3 years and it will be LEED certified to be energy efficient. Now is a great time to teach my kids about new ideas in renewable energy as they witness some of these things being incorporated into our new building, and learn about sustainable energy alternatives for our future.

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Half Hollow Hills CSD

City: Melville

State: NY

Story: In tough economic times our supply budgets are decreasing; for example, our districts teachers association agreed to a pay freeze for the 2011-12 school year.

Hall Middle School

City: Larkspur

State: CA

Story: I am a permaculturalist and am hoping to infuse the values of earth care, people care and fair share to my students. This year I am working to create an inspiring curriculum that embeds permaculture values by empowering students to become resilient, more self-sufficient while simultaneously encouraging them to be of service.

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Heatherstone Elementary

City: Olathe

State: KS

Story: By studying the history of the state of Kansas students learn that windmills played an important role in the energy needs of its citizens. The windmill was vital in generating energy needed to pump water to families, livestock and crops. Currently though Kansas students may have lost sight of how important the role of wind energy is for sustaining our present lifestyles. With this project we can encourage these young minds of our future to look into wind energy as a sustainable resource for many generations to come.

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Hidden Valley Elementary

City: Savage

State: MN

Story: Hidden Valley Elementary is one of 10 elementary schools in the Burnsville School District. We are located in Savage, MN. We are a suburban school with an urban enrollment. Almost half of our school population is on free and reduced lunch. We struggle to meet AYP. We have a very ethnic and multicultural group of students. They bring a variety of cultural history, but some of their family income is low. My science budget does not allow me extra money outside of my usual restocking of consumable science equipment. I have applied for grants and funding to supplement my curriculum. This would be an excellent way for students to become engineers and design, create and develop inventions that improve society. It will also promote problem solving skills, develop possible solutions and ways to communicate effectively.

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Highlands El. School

City: Edina

State: MN

Story: We have been researching VAWT for many years and hope to acquire one for our site some day.

Houston County High School

City: Erin

State: TN

Story: These turbines will be used in a Title I High School in a rural mountain county in Tennessee. Our students are not exposed to many "city" technologies. Our curriculum stresses hand's-on learning (STEM). Many of our students are future farmers and would benefit from learning green technologies. Our 1st year students will learn about windmill-tech with these models. Third year students will engineer and build them on campus, outside. It is hoped that their engineering experiences will encourage them to continue their education beyond high school.

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Imagine Schools at West Melbourne

City: West Melbourne

State: FL

Story: We are a Florida public charter school. Our students come in from a 50 mile radius, and a few of them come from families that are struggling financially. The hands-on nature of these experiments really stimulates the students excitement for science.

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J. T. Barber Elementary School

City: New Bern

State: NC

Story: I teach in a very low socioeconomic setting. We have 110 immigrants from as many as 10 countries. Not only is it difficult to teach these children the curriculum, but they have problems with the English word meanings. Having them work hands-on helps the English as Second Language (ESL) students, as well as all the other students. Our demographics: Black 52%, Multi-racial 4%, Hispanic 12%, Asian 16%, White 15%.

Kaleidoscope Middle School

City: Houston

State: TX

Story: My school is a small, public charter school. We have a high percentage of students who are new to the country, and I try to focus on as many hands-on activities as I can.

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Kings Manor Elem.

City: Kingwood

State: TX

Story: We are a Title 1 school that believes in commitment to each student's academic success. We work very hard to teach with enthusiasm and caring. Our school received the coveted designation of Exemplary School for the year 2009 - 2010. Our children perform very well for us because of the relationship we nurture with the students and their parents. The turbines will really help us enrich the student's academic experience during the last two weeks of school. What a great way for each student to remember fourth grade at Kings Manor Elementary!

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Kings Manor Elem.

City: Kingwood

State: TX

Story: We are a Title 1 school that believes in commitment to each student's academic success. We work very hard to teach with enthusiasm and caring. Our school received the coveted designation of Exemplary School for the year 2009 - 2010. Our children perform very well for us because of the relationship we nurture with the students and their parents. The turbines will really help us enrich the student's academic experience during the last two weeks of school. What a great way for each student to remember fourth grade at Kings Manor Elementary!

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Leetonia Middle School

City: Leetonia

State: OH

Story: Our district is in a rural area of Columbiana County, Ohio. Our district has been unable to pass a school levy and is facing financial difficulty.

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Lime Street Elementary

City: Hesperia

State: CA

Story: My goal, as a teacher, is to help my students see a brighter future for themselves. Most of the students in our school come from transient apartment homes. Many times they do not experience the types of education that will ignite their imaginations and help them launch some goals that will change their lives. My goal is to use these science tools to help them see options for their lives that will help take them beyond their present situations as they approach the working world of adulthood.

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LRTC

City: Lewiston

State: ME

Story: Most students come from middle class famillies. Our school budget is limited for buying tools and equipment and supplies. Giveaway program helps for stem subject teachings.

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Mendenhall Middle School

City: Greensboro

State: NC

Story: We have had to scale back our career technical education program due to budgetary constraints. I have tried other funding and haven't had much success. We continue to receive opt out students which further reduces our student to funding ratio.

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Merrimack High School

City: Merrimack

State: NH

Story: Merrimack High School is a rural town located in southern New Hampshire. Most students have few interests outside of sports and or hanging around with friends. My goal as an educator is to make science fun, challenging and relevant to their life. The majority of students are great kids with little experience with building things that work. The majority of students are living with only one parent and or both parents are working 50 plus hours. Hopefully, I can turn my students on to Science!

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Mora High School

City: Mora

State: MN

Story: I plan on using this turbine to help my students understand wind energy. When I was a student in a summer workshop through Hamline and CREED, I learned a ton about wind turbines using a similar kit, the most striking experience being that it is lift, not drag, that spins a wind turbine like this. I would like my students to have a similar learning experience. Using this kit, my students will be able to experiment with blade design, interpret data, and identify real life variables (such as radius and velocity) that are used in mathematical equations.

Mount Pleasant Cottage School/Edenwald

City: Pleasantville

State: NY

Story: Just recently over the Christmas holiday I traveled from New York to Georgia. On the returned trip I was driving through PA and looked off to the distance and saw several wind turbines. I happened to need to stop for gas so I pulled off the next exit. As I drive into the town I again saw the wind turbines, now getting bigger and bigger. I just starting talking to my students about wind power before the Christmas break and now I could see the wind turbines in real life. For my students, as well as for many others, seeing and working "hands-on" really gives meaning to a given topic. When I returned back to school I shared what I had seen with my students and showed them some information I had found about the town on the internet. Although my students seemed interested, seeing it first hand would have been a true experience for them. I truly feel that the more "hands-on" experiences students have, the more engaged they are with a given topic. Programs such as this can really give education a jump start! Thank you for all your help.

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NDSU Extension Service / 4-H Programs / Mountrail County

City: Stanley, New Town, Parshall

State: ND

Story: Part of the Fort Berthold Reservation is in Mountrail County (Parshall and New Town). Opportunities to explore science and technology will give students ideas and motivation to possibly pursue careers in wind or other sciences. Enhancining their education with this type of hands-on learning is very needed in rural North Dakota.

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Neptune Middle School

City: Neptune

State: NJ

Story: I teach in a school that consists of a large population of students who live in public housing and recieve free or reduced breakfast and lunch. Our test scores have struggled and students have lost substantial motivation. Our school has added a Science Technology program to encourage students to explore Science and Engineering, yet funds have been constantly cut. These turbines could help reach a large number of students. During an entire school year I reach over 400 students with multiple marking periods and rotating days. Thank you for your time and consideration.

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Odyssey Charter School

City: Palm Bay

State: FL

Story: Odyssey is a ten year old public charter school in central Florida. The school has an "A" rating, but has emphasized science before now. Currently science instruction is primarily textbook and worksheets. This school needs more hands-on equipment to teach the processes and habits of the minds of good science instruction.

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Oswego Middle School

City: Oswego

State: NY

Story: Our city's port served as a delivery point for 200+ wind turbines for a wind farm in Lowville, NY. (Maple Ridge Wind Farm). Learning and seeing how wind turbines work would add to student�s local, as well as global knowledge about how green energy is created. With the wind turbines in our school we could incorporate the possibility of cooperative learning. With the big push for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) integration, we could get multiple disciplines involved working on one unit simultaneously. Students would be able to transfer knowledge from one discipline and apply it in another.

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P025 South Richmond HS/IS

City: Staten Island

State: NY

Story: South Richmond HS offers educational opportunities for students with learning disabilities. My goal as the science teacher is to create learning opportunities that are fun and engaging. Hands on learning captures the students' interests and negative behaviors are drastically reduced. I have also seen a great improvement in test scores, as students remember the projects they have completed, much better than material they have read in a textbook.

Page Middle School

City: Gloucester

State: VA

Story: Page Middle School is a suburban/rural middle school. While our building was built in the mid 1950's, our focus is on emerging technologies to teach the students what kind of careers they should begin to consider.

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Patchogue-Medford High School

City: Medford

State: NY

Story: My school district has been on austerity for the last two years. It is difficult for teachers to get supplies. We are at least 10 years behind in technology. My high school has 3000 students. It has a growing latino population and is very diverse.

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Pioneer Ridge Middle School

City: Chaska

State: MN

Story: We currently have a wind turbine being built on the school property for the city of Chaska. Students are very interested and curious about the turbine and it would be a perfect tie in with our science curriculum.

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Plainview-Elgin-Millville

City: Elgin

State: MN

Story: Our school district is in a very rural community where there is a sincere interest in researching wind based energy initiatives. I believe these 8th grade students will play a major role in helping the community understand the importance of wind energy. Due to budget cuts and other issues, we simply cannot afford to purchase all the materials to see this project to fruition. I am hoping that our project will be realized with the help of others out there that also understand its true educational importance.

PS 18Q

City: Queens Village

State: NY

Story: We are a NYC public school with many students interested in learning more about science. Thank you for considering our school.

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PS 18Q

City: Queens Village

State: NY

Story: We are a NYC public school with many students interested in learning more about science. Thank you for considering our school.

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PS 18Q

City: Queens Village

State: NY

Story: We are a NYC public school with many students interested in learning more about science. Thank you for considering our school.

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PS 18Q

City: Queens Village

State: NY

Story: We are a NYC public school with many students interested in learning more about science. Thank you for considering our school.

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PS 18Q

City: Queens Village

State: NY

Story: We are a NYC public school with many students interested in learning more about science. Thank you for considering our school.

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Renewable World Education Center

City: Neshkoro

State: WI

Story: The Renewable World Foundation was formed because of the need for students to better understand the relationship between energy development and usage and the conservation of our natural resources. We've chosen to approach the same science material state and national learning standards require teachers to address inside the classroom. However, we've taken the material from their textbooks and applied it to real world scenarios and hands-on activities during a multi-day program at the Renewable World Education Center.

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Richland One Middle College

City: Columbia

State: SC

Story: We are a unique charter school focusing in project based learning in SC, where integration of technology is a tool to reach every student in our school. As integration of tech in our school, every student check out a laptop computer to use within the school year. laptop that student can keep if he or she maintain a 3.5 GPA average at the end of the senior year.

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RJ Richey Elementary

City: Burnet

State: TX

Story: We are working to be a GREEN school! Over the past two years we have implemented different projects and goals on our campus, installing a rain harvesting cistern for our butterfly garden, installing a nature trail and outdoor classroom, and finding ways to implement recycling in every classroom. We continue to search for ways to engage our students in being stewards for our community.

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Roma ISD

City: Roma

State: TX

Story: We are a rural school district that is primarily hispanic with a high level of low social economic students. Educational opportunities for a lot of our students are not available and this will be a plus for their education.

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Skyview Junior High

City: Bothell

State: WA

Story: Skyview Junior High has a strong science program that continues to integrate with other subjects. Students and staff have developed a natural environmental study area behind the school. The school participants in the King County Green School Program and has already reached level two. This year they have applied for a solar panel study sponsored by a local utility. If approved the students will be gathering data at the school from the energy collected from the panels. We will also implement solar vehicle design and wind power projects.

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Sobriety High School

City: Burnsville

State: MN

Story: Sobriety High School's mission is to provide adolescents recovering from alcohol and drug dependency a comprehensive, four-year high school diploma program in a safe, sober and chemical-free environment. (They would use the) turbine as a part of (an) Ecology class. It would be used to show students what renewable energy is and show them how to make a wind turbine themselves. They would learn a little ecology, the importance of conservation, and some physics. The overall lesson was derived from the need.org lesson called "Exploring Wind Energy".

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Town School for Boys

City: San Francisco

State: CA

Story: This kit would not only push active learning to capture the scientific minds of the students, but would hopefully inspire them to become more "green" in their daily lives. As most schools are feeling the crunch of the economy, this kit will allow us to continue making changes in our curriculum, which will in turn help create more global learners who are concerned and connected with how to best manage our waning natural resources for the future.

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Tri Valley Jr/Sr High School

City: Hegins

State: PA

Story: A wind farm with 50-60 turbines is proposed to be built on the mountain range just south of our school by the year 2012. We are an extremely rural public school (graduating class size is between 60-70). Real estate values and job opportunities are lower here. As a result, we have developed "Keystone Opportunity Zones" in our county to encourage industries that decide to move in by offering them tax breaks.

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University of Minnesota

City: Minneapolis

State: MN

Story: Our NSF Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power is new to the wind power initiative. Our work on making hydraulics and pneumatics more effective, compact and efficient can benefit the wind power industry immensely. We are working on educating youth on the benefits of wind power and the impact on our use of energy and the environment.

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Valley Ranch Elementary

City: Porter

State: TX

Story: We are in our 4th year, so we are relatively new. I have a science club that does extended projects beyond the classroom. I would start the turbines lessons in class and bring the turbines to the club to extend upon what is learned. I would like to have my students explore different option of generating energy. We have had budget cuts that aren't allowing for the purchase of many science projects. We are a Title I school. I use my science club to extend learning to all of my students. I have many students who aren't in the advanced class because of numbers. I love having my students researching and designing ideas of how to invent and create things.

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Valley/Parkwood and Main Elementary

City: Beavercreek

State: OH

Story: I teach students who are identified as gifted. Gifted funding has been cut back and it is often hard to find the needed supplies unless I spend my own money. My students in 5th grade are studying energy and doing research projects on environmental problems. The students will end their year by creating energy efficient homes using foam board. It would be very beneficial if they had the supplies to build a wind turbine.

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Verrado High School

City: Buckeye

State: AZ

Story: Verrado is the first completely Green School (as designated by LEED - Leaders in Environmental Engineering and Design) in the state of Arizona, and the 5th in the nation. Our school is very new, and we are fully committed to integrating environmental awareness as part of our curriculum. Helping fund our efforts will help Verrado teach Green as well as be Green!

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Vidor Jr High

City: Vidor

State: TX

Story: In our after school science program, I was helping students with film canister rockets. A student was beaming, "I never got to do anything like this before." Many of my students have never had opportunities to design their own experiments. It is a priviledge to help students experience science. Please help me, help them!

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Walton County 4-H

City: DeFuniak Springs

State: FL

Story: Walton County 4-H Technology Club has been involved in multiple alternative energy projects. Most recently, through the help of a grant, the youth built a working battery operated motorcycle. This group of teen leaders and their adult volunteer provide leadership teach over 100 school aged youth each year. They work on projects such as: electricity, bio-gas production, robotics, and computer science. The addition of a turbine would help them expand their educational efforts.

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West Grand Elementary School

City: Kremmling

State: CO

Story: How can stormy windy weather encourage science? Spring and fall in the high country as well as winter and summer are windy. Students complain and ignore the energy opportunities this wind provides. I want to students to realize the rush of wind on their faces is a valuable energy factor. They need to realize that renewable natural resources are key for communities like ours.

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West Memorial Junior High

City: Katy

State: TX

Story: We are the second oldest junior high in our school district. Our school is approximately 33 years old and much of our science equipment is 33 years old and in need of an update. We currently do not have any resources to teach about wind energy other than reading a textbook. We could really use some hands on equipment.

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West Prep School

City: Las Vegas

State: NV

Story: West Prep was once considered the least desirable school to attend in all of Nevada. Three years ago, the school was completely changed. Every aspect of the school including the model, the name, administrators and teachers were revamped. As a result, the school now is thriving. Students are graduating from high school and attending college. AYP goals are being met and as a result, I am proud to be a teacher at West Prep. The school is K-12. The K-12 concept was adopted at West Prep which was derived after the Foshe Model serving extremely at risk students in Los Angeles. Currently, over 95% of the student population qualifies for free and or reduced lunch. As a Math and Science teacher, my hope is to start an after-school alternative energy club and integrate these projects in the main stream classroom. My vision is to see elementary, junior high, and high school students working, teaching, and learning together to understand the various types of energy available to us now. My dream is that these students will become leaders in alternative energy and go off to college and earn an engineering degree and take our country back from oil dependence. I may be reached at csnichols@interact.ccsd.net Please support us!

WizKidz Science and Technology Centers

City: Dacula

State: Ga

Story: WizKidz Science and Technology Centers is a Georgia 501(c)(3) organization that offer strictly science and technology programs. Our facility houses activities in Robotics, Forensic Science, Paleontology and more. Our organization partners with local universities and science and technology related businesses and corporations to offer outreach initiatives to students that create pathways into colleges and careers in science and technology.

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Wolfe City Middle School

City: Wolfe City

State: TX

Story: There are only two science teachers in our school. We are always looking for new and fun ways to get our kids interested in science. I have always been interested in how we can develop more alternative forms of energy to do more things. I think it would be a great experience for the kids to actually work on something that might benefit others.

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