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Growing threats to the environment â from warming temperatures to melting icecaps, rising seas to more intense storms and floods â have increased calls to grow a green workforce that can figure out how to face a brave new normal.
To that end, educators and innovators in Virginia devised a 10-week high school competition that enlisted bright young minds to propose innovations in solar energy.
Solar panels generate energy from the roof of the Arlington (VA) Central Library. (Arlington Dept. of Environmental Services)
The Throwing Solar Shade contest invited students from one urban and one rural school district to look to their own communities for inspiration. Three schools participated and produced about 15 student projects. The four winning entries studied the effectiveness of different solar panel surfaces, the use of light-hued paint to reduce asphalt temperatures, the physics of solar panels and the merits of placing solar panels atop commercial poultry houses.
Three Augusta County students presenting at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
Three Augusta County students presenting at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon By Tara Todd | December 15, 2020 at 9:36 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 10:39 AM
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Three Augusta County students are leading the way in the STEM industry according to the school division’s Instructional Supervisor for Secondary STEM Education, Angela Deitz.
Now, the young ladies are getting ready to speak on the national stage Wednesday evening during a webinar.
The Fort Defiance High School students will present their projects virtually at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathalon.
the gop was about compassionate conservatism. today compassion or really the basic notion of empathy seems to have no place in the grand old party. case in point, spend even ape little time in the conservative media world where the shutdown is eh, no big deal. so i got out of bed and i was, i was, i i have to admit i got out of bed and i was i was a little worried. surely you can t be serious. so i went to the wall plate and i hit the button for the blackout shades. and they begin to open. i am serious. and then i hit the button for the solar shade. and they begin to open. don t call me shirley. then i got the courage to actually walk to the window. i feel strangely calm. i looked out there, you know what i saw? yes? i saw blue sky. meh.