{"id":83148,"date":"2020-03-02T10:55:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=83148"},"modified":"2020-03-02T10:55:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:55:41","slug":"third-annual-energy-fair-draws-local-students-to-wright-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2020\/03\/02\/third-annual-energy-fair-draws-local-students-to-wright-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Third annual Energy Fair draws local students to Wright State"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elementary school students learned about energy conservation and efficiency from high school students well-versed on the topics at the Energy Fair in the Wright State Student Union.<\/p><\/div>\n

At one station, students made a human electrical circuit by joining hands and using a spoon to illuminate a glass tube. At another, they grabbed a thermal camera to visually detect heat that revealed itself in blossoms of red. Toy bugs and flowers powered by solar energy scurried and swayed at still another station.<\/p>\n

It was all part of the third annual Energy Fair at Wright State University facilitated by the Ohio Energy Project and hosted by The Dayton Power and Light Company and Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, a CenterPoint Energy Company.<\/p>\n

More than 300 students in grades four to six cycled through stations set up in the Student Union Apollo Room on Feb. 25\u201326 to learn about energy conservation and efficiency from high school students well-versed on the topics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids just get very excited,\u201d said Reagan McIntire, a junior at Greeneview High School in Jamestown. \u201cIt\u2019s hands-on. You\u2019re learning and playing at the same time. It\u2019s very interactive. Their faces just light up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nancy Roudebush, a fifth-grade teacher at Ascension School in Dayton, said the energy fair makes what the middle school students have learned in books more meaningful.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have the opportunity to be hands-on, be interactive, which is one of the best ways for kids to be able to learn,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said many students are becoming more interested in science and are enthusiastic about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re learning things without realizing they\u2019re learning things,\u201d she said. \u201cAs a teacher, I think that\u2019s one of the most amazing things that comes out of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amy Elston, an instructor and assistant director of the Office of Partnerships and Field Experiences in the Wright State College of Education and Human Services<\/a>, was on hand to observe the Energy Fair.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe value our partnerships with OEP, DP&L and Vectren and are thrilled with the opportunity to have the fair at Wright State,\u201d said Elston. \u201cIt brings middle school students and high school students together to learn in such an engaging environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The participating middle schools were Edison, Greenmont, Oakview, Troy Christian, Ascension, St. Patrick and South Vienna. High schools that provided student leaders were Valley View, Greeneview, Twin Valley South, Oakwood and McClain high schools and E.J. Brown Middle School.<\/p>\n

The mission of the nonprofit Ohio Energy Project is to help educate the next generation about energy conservation and efficiency.<\/p>\n

DP&L and Vectren have partnered with the Ohio Energy Project to provide a free energy efficiency education program for teachers, students and their families. It is part of DP&L\u2019s energy efficiency efforts for customers, which also include discounts on energy-efficient lighting, free refrigerator recycling, rebates on new heat pumps and air conditioners and rebates for business customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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