Tag Archives: poe
Renewable Energy
Happy Leap Day everyone! I’ve written before about renewable energy. One of the projects my ninth graders just completed is a renewable energy power plant and distribution system. The challenge is to use solar power, wind power, and hydrogen fuel … Continue reading
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Trip to BGE
Yesterday we took a tour of Baltimore Gas & Electric‘s Spring Gardens facility in South Baltimore. We heard about the environmental protection efforts BGE has been implementing at that site. We learned about the history of BGE, back almost 200 … Continue reading
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Thanks
A short post today just to say thank you to my Principles Of Engineering (POE) students, who dove right in to the new alternative energy equipment and figured it out before I did. Thanks also to the junior in Digital … Continue reading
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Snow
Today is our third snow day in a row. While I am impatient to get the new semester started, I understand that many people are still without power (according to BGE, this storm while only 10″ created more power outages … Continue reading
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Principles of Engineering Skills
So I’m thinking of giving a skills list a try in my Principles of Engineering (POE) course this semester too. It wouldn’t be full-on standards-based grading (SBG), since in such a project-driven class I need projects and reports to be … Continue reading
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