Team+4+Brainstorming

toc //You are brainstorming ideas to connect students to one another to teach a STEM topic or subject. This brainstorming page is meant as a starting point. DELETE the italics as these are the instructions.//

=WIND POWER AND TURBINES= =Idea Generation= //Goal: At least 50 ideas before you move on between all of the categories below. Try for at least 5 ideas in each area below.//

Laugh
//Think of silly, funny, hilarious ways to connect students and teach STEM subjects.//
 * //Make jokes about the topic - producing wind, using wind efficiently, wind in your classroom, wind in the kitchen, what produces the most wind, WHO produces the most wind.//
 * Make songs about wind.
 * STEM-u-late good times, come on!
 * Find a song that represents wind. (wind instrument, the lyrics "She's like the wind...")
 * Zamfir hahahahahahaha!

Make Moments
//Think of ways you can use powerful, moving, emotional stories and/or media to teach and how you can connect students to build on that moment.//
 * Video clip: parents leave kids @ garbage dump.
 * Story or clip about alternative energy.
 * How wind has been destructive (hurricanes, tornadoes)
 * Mechanical to electrical power.
 * Unintended, undesired effects of windmills (BATS!!!!), (Aesthetics)
 * Do towns/cities have the SPACE for windmills? If not, HOW can we support alt energies?

Connect with People
//Think of people and ways you can connect students to experts, community leaders, authors, business people for learning.//
 * Kidwind.org
 * Our group (Gwynneth, Paul, Laura, Peggy)
 * Home Power magazine
 * NREL - Linda Lau, director of National Renewable Energy Laboratory
 * Netherlands!!! Denmark??
 * Marlene Kaplan, NOAA
 * Wind farms in Wisconsin, Washington, Illinois, Minnesota
 * National Lab lady (free windmill kit), Newport news VA

Take Action and Find Meaning
//Think of ways students can connect to each other AND take ACTION in their local communities and online relating to STEM areas//.
 * Skype across the country (NJ, MN, WI, WA) with AWESOME teachers yea
 * The windmill should produce energy to power something worthwhile, that could hopefully be displayed at each school
 * The windmill should produce energy to power something worthwhile, that could hopefully be displayed at each school

Co-Create
//Think of artifacts and projects that students from DIFFERENT classrooms can co-create relating to STEM.//
 * Each class makes a different part of the project, then sends it to be assembled
 * Classes should look into wind resources in their specific region, as they will vary

Be an Idealist
//What do you WISH students would be able to do online together relating to STEM.//
 * idea