 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
STUDENTS TO APPLY ACADEMIC
CONCEPTS TO REAL WORLD
ISSUES
Energize
 BUILDING 21ST CENTURY
SKILLS TO FOSTER SUCCESSFUL
STUDENTS AND BUILD A
BRIGHTER FUTURE
Education
Garnet Valley Middle School’s
Energy Fair: April 24th, 2014
After reception of the NEED grant from PECO, Ms. Kunze’s science
classes and Ms. Fledderman’s ATP students have been exploring
the world of energy and its conservation. Now it is time for these
students to share what they’ve discovered with you! Please join our
8th grade science classes and our academically talented students at
our upcoming energy fair on April 24h, 2014!
About the Fair
The fair will be open to students and
community members for most of the
day, but we will have a community
hour for adults and parents from
10:00 to 11:00. Refreshments and
snacks will be provided during this
hour for community members.
Students from various classes will
be able to explore about FORTY
separate stations after an
introductory presentation.
During the fair, visiting students and
community members will have the
opportunity to explore what students
in Ms. Kunze and Ms. Fledderman’s
classes have been working on for
the past few months.
There will be presentations on
different forms of energy and
transportation, information on
efforts to conserve energy, and
structures designed to improve the
district and personal efforts in
energy conservation!
During the energy fair, there will also
be opportunities for hand-on activities
and raffle prizes. Participants in the
fair will be able to do the following:
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Make a fruit or potato battery.
Make electricity with wind and
water.
Test the safety of your ear buds
Watch clothes dry on solar
clothes dryer.
Try to identify the food turned
to coal.
Win bracelet that measures UV
rays.
See kinetic/potential energy in a
rollercoaster.
Make your own hand warmer.
Use a solar-powered fan.
Be part of a giant circuit.
Bend a real live wire.
See a perpetual motion
machine.
Watch light spin a fan.
Boil liquids in your hands.
Please come join us to view all of
the hard work and innovation our
students at the energy fair!!
If you are interested in
participating in the energy fair
(parents or community members),
and you have an idea for a student
station or presentation, please do
not hesitate to contact us (contact
information on the back)!
In Ms. Kunze’s Science Classes
In science class students researched forms of energy, such as chemical,
radiant and nuclear, and sources of energy, such as petroleum, solar
and uranium. They studied the history and uses of electricity, made
batteries with fruit and potatoes, built circuits and generated electricity
with sun, wind and water.
They are ready to bring their learning to you with hands-on fun,
fascinating facts, transformational tidbits and electrifying enigmas at
the GVMS Energy Fair. How safe are your ear buds? How much
energy you can save with LED light bulbs? Will your car be powered
by hydrogen one day? Wander among our displays, be part of a circuit
and try your hand at making batteries.
In Ms. Fledderman’s ATP classes
In the academically talented program, eighth grade students are being
challenged to build structures using conservation-minded thinking.
These structures will build on concepts learned in science class and expand
upon students’ understanding of energy, its uses, and the conservation of it.
Students will build sustainable homes or schools using the forms of energy
learned in science class and will build upon that understanding in ATP!
Contact us with
questions, comments,
or donations!
Ms. Carolyn Kunze:
kunzec@garnetvalleyschools.com
Ms. Renee Fledderman:
fledder@garnetvalleyschools.com
They will be playing energy games, participating in class lab experiments
and solving conservation problems of heating, electricity, cooling, waste
removal, or transportation.
Looking at non-renewable and renewable energy sources, students will be
able to create and innovate solutions for some our community’s most
pressing concerns.
All Around the District
The entire Garnet Valley School District is undergoing an energy efficiency
transformation! Every one of our schools has undergone an energy
makeover. The schools have been equipped with energy-saving lighting,
vending machines that use less energy, new heating and air-conditioning
equipment, and high-tech controls to operate the equipment more
efficiently. During the Energy Fair, visiting students and community
members can take a virtual tour through these amazing projects and learn
about the newest technologies in use right here in our schools.
The District has also started an energy conservation campaign to help
teachers, administrators and students use less energy through better
behaviors. For example, did you know that shutting down computers at
night can save money? The infrared photo (left) shows how leaving
computers on at night waste energy in the form of heat (white/yellow).
Come to the Energy Fair to learn more tips for conserving energy at school
and at home. Come see how Conservation Works!