Kindly Sponsored By:
KidWind
11th, 12th, 13th &14th June
Dublin West Education Centre
IT Tallaght Campus, Dublin 24
Introduction
In Association with
KidWind Ireland is a project that seeks to support teachers all over Ireland to
access training programs and equipment in wind energy. KidWind has its origins in the USA where it has been met with great success and will be of assistance to KidWind in Ireland. The primary aim of the KidWind program is to
train and equip teachers at primary and second level to teach their own students about wind energy and provide knowledge about the industry and
topic. The program is aimed at teachers of science, mathematics and geography although others may attend. Training for teachers is delivered as a four
day course covering theory and practical wind energy topics at the appropriate level so that they become confident in delivering courses in wind energy
to primary and second level students.
15th March 2012
ARCH, Unit 17 & 2,
Outline of training for teachers
Contact: Johanna Cafferkey
Phone: 00353 (0) 45 899 341
Fax: 00353 (0) 45 854 958
Mail: sean@iwea.com
Web: www.iwea.com
Www.skillnets.ie
Wind Skillnet
C/O IWEA
Sycamore House
Millennium Park
Osberstown
KidWind workshops introduce teachers to the science behind wind energy
while giving them the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to bring wind
energy into their classrooms using standard based activities in an engaging,
hands-on manner.
Workshops are aimed at primary and secondary school teachers interested in
renewable energy, physics, general science, technical education, engineering,
environmental science, and mathematics.
Workshops focus in on specific lessons from blade design, basic turbine system concepts to wildlife impacts, economics, and more including;
-Energy concepts—Renewable energy—Wind energy history—Wind turbine
technology—Wind farms in Ireland—Power and energy in the wind—Wind
energy environmental and economic impacts—Blade and turbine design—Power
output—Generators & motors—Experiment - Classroom Projects (build a model
turbine using classroom kit)
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes:
Participant teachers will be prepared to teach students the following
Primary school
Elementary Wind Energy
Wind Chimes
Wind Art
Building simple blades
Secondary School
Testing Blade Parameters
Assessing Wind Resource
Blade Design
School Wind Turbine Siting Projects
Data Analysis
Build Model wind turbines with classroom kit
Course duration – 4 days
Maximum No participants -15
Your Trainer: Dr. Paul MacArtain
Paul has been working as a researcher in the Centre for Renewable Energy
at Dundalk Institute of Technology (CREDIT) since 2006. His research interests include small wind turbine and energy storage technology development. His research interests also includes biofuels from marine sources.
He is involved with the management of the large scale wind turbine at Dundalk IT. He has been involved with the development of, and currently lectures on, a number of courses at Dundalk IT including the MSc in Renewable Energy Systems and the Certificate in Renewable Energy. Paul holds a
PhD in Physical Chemistry from NUI Dublin.
KidWind
Date:
Registration:
Location:
11th June—14th June
09:00 Start: 09:30am
Finish: 4:30pm
Dublin West Education Centre, Tallaght IT Campus
Cost:
Trainer:
Free of Charge
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Wind Skillnet is funded by member companies and the Training Networks Programme, an initiative of Skillnets Ltd. funded from the National Training Fund
through the Department of Education and Skills.