March 25‐29th, 2019
9am – 12 noon
Easton E3 Learning Lab, New Albany – Plain Local School District
Cost: $95
Contact: reed.11@napls.us
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THE PROGRAM:
‐ Open to all High School students; and advanced Middle School students by permission.
‐ Integrate STEM & technology based learning with environmental science:
- Engineering – learn robotic applications for water monitoring and build robotic “Chinampas”.
- Physics – understand how energy is generated from Wind, Solar, Fuel cells with hands‐on activities.
- Computer science – employ basic coding for the robotic “Chinampas”.
- Environmental science – decipher issues impacting water quality, Point & Non‐Point sources of pollution, impacts of pH, Ammonia, Phosphorus, Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen on stream water quality.
- Botany – discover native plant species and beneficial effects of wetland plants on water treatment.
‐ Learn about the process of designing & building an autonomous water monitoring robotic raft created for CGBF that recently received awards at two major Hackathons.
‐ Work in groups to put together a small robotic prototype, from supplied robotic parts, of a plant‐based “Chinampas” (a South American invention for a plant body that floats on water) with beneficial native wetland plants.
‐ Monitor the water body with the help of sensors that provide wireless feedback to servers on the health of the body including Temperature, pH and Ammonia levels.
‐ Understand how the data from the water monitoring robotic raft is fed into servers so that there can be further learning opportunities for the students by analyzing the information and hypothesizing potential issues & solutions.
Last Updated: February 13, 2019 by Meera Parthasarathy Leave a Comment
CGBF rolls out Green Robotics Spring Camp
9am – 12 noon
Easton E3 Learning Lab, New Albany – Plain Local School District
Cost: $95
Contact: reed.11@napls.us
Download pdf with full description
THE PROGRAM:
‐ Open to all High School students; and advanced Middle School students by permission.
‐ Integrate STEM & technology based learning with environmental science:
‐ Learn about the process of designing & building an autonomous water monitoring robotic raft created for CGBF that recently received awards at two major Hackathons.
‐ Work in groups to put together a small robotic prototype, from supplied robotic parts, of a plant‐based “Chinampas” (a South American invention for a plant body that floats on water) with beneficial native wetland plants.
‐ Monitor the water body with the help of sensors that provide wireless feedback to servers on the health of the body including Temperature, pH and Ammonia levels.
‐ Understand how the data from the water monitoring robotic raft is fed into servers so that there can be further learning opportunities for the students by analyzing the information and hypothesizing potential issues & solutions.
Last Updated: October 27, 2020 by Ellie Nowels Leave a Comment
CGBF presenting at EECO Conference
2:15pm—3:15pm Concurrent Session 3 C1—Exploring Environmental Careers in High School
Columbus Green Building Forum has been working closely with teachers at Metro Early College High School and administrators at PAST Foundation to develop career based curriculum modules for the students in the two specific areas of Growth & Energy Learning Labs. Indoors/Outdoors, SC, SCR. Meera Parthasarathy, Columbus Green Building Forum and Sharon Graham, Metro Early College High School.
See entire Program of Events – 2019 Annual Conference – April 4 – 7, 2019
Last Updated: January 3, 2019 by Ellie Nowels Leave a Comment
CGBF collaborates with Metro High School and PAST Foundation to create curriculum
CGBF has been working closely with teachers at Metro Early College High School (MECHS) and administrators at PAST Foundation to develop career based curriculum modules for the students in the two specific areas of Growth & Energy Learning Labs. The students are exposed to renewable energy and sustainable land & farming practices through expert presentations, engaging in field trips, actively working on hands-on projects, researching and selecting their individual Capstone projects that reflect internship projects and presenting their work in a poster presentation to judges & the public at the end of the school year in May. Our main teaching collaborator on this project taught Financial Literacy to the MECHS students and is a perfect partner in bringing the two concepts of environmental sustainability & financial literacy together to encourage out of the box thinking.
CGBF has also partnered with Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE) Department at The Ohio State University to develop an Undergraduate program on Green Construction. Click this link to see the program details.