Open AccessTeaching Wind Energy to Engineering and Education Undergraduates Through Community Engagement
Author(s) -
Maija A. Benitz,
Li-Ling Yang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1452/1/012020
Subject(s) - engineering education , relevance (law) , engineering design process , process (computing) , engineering , energy (signal processing) , mathematics education , science and engineering , engineering management , sociology , engineering ethics , psychology , computer science , political science , mechanical engineering , physics , law , operating system , quantum mechanics
Rhode Island’s adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards in 2013 [1] established a pressing need to provide elementary schools with support for integrating engineering in our local district’s classrooms. Wind energy was identified as an appropriate instructional topic, both for its relevance to Rhode Island [2], and for its strength as a tool for studying the engineering design process. Education and engineering undergraduates collaborated to educate local fourth graders about engineering design and wind energy. While supporting the need for engineering education in the community, this project also deepened learning for both education and engineering students at Roger Williams University.