VEEP VISITS CABOT SCHOOL                                                      4.11.08

The Vermont Energy Education Program (VEEP) has visited Cabot several times this year to help students discover the basics of electricity. On April 11, 2008, Lynn Wurzberg, a representative from VEEP,  conducted a workshop for  Cabot high school and middle school students. Lynn talked with the students about the three main components to make energy:  movement, a wire coil, and a magnet.  Students rode a bicycle powering incandescent and compact florescent light bulbs, First, cyclists powered incandescent bulbs to see how difficult it was to pedal and how the light was not consistent.  Next, students compared how easy it was to illuminate the CFL bulbs by pedaling. Through this hands on workshop the students could feel the difference of the amount of force that they had to apply to power the different lights.

Lynn also had other hands on activities that taught the students how energy can be created without using a battery.  Throughout the presentation, students became aware of many different types of alternative energy, hydro, solar, biofuel, wind, geothermal, and cow power.

By Aaron Bushey