Projects

The Windham Initiative for Renewable Energy currently has three active projects:

• The investigation of funding and equipment for and the placement of a wind turbine for the new Windham High School. The turbine will serve a model of local renewable energy for students and the community; will generate a small amount of power that could be used to light sports fields, provide emergency power to the high school, or be fed back into the grid for energy savings; and will be incorporated into the mathematics, science, and technology curriculum to offer students hands-on experience with wind technology and school-generated data for analysis.
• A partnership with Plymouth State’s Meteorology program, wherein teachers will engage in dialog with college professors about curriculum and current meteorological practices and research. Students will be able to experience meteorology hands-on through our very own fledgling weather station and explore real-world satellite information downloaded from Plymouth.
• The integration of 21st century climate science into the curriculum at Windham High School (through a relationship with the Dean of Mathematics, Science, and Technology), planning courses in environmental science and alternative power systems for students to explore current and complex global issues, prepare for the SAT II test in Ecology, disassemble and reassemble alternative energy devices, and learn about alternative energy engineering, in addition to incorporating these and other 21st century science concerns and research into the core science classes at Windham High: Integrated Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.