A new WSU project is teaching kids about physics and about how they can apply the topic in the real world. Project SOS is using physics to teach kids about energy efficiency in their homes.
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?It's and exploration project where we are attempting to develop a new way for children to learn science,? said Kathleen Ryan, Assistant Professor of Interior Design in the WSU School of Design and Construction.
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Project SOS is funded by a National Science Foundation grant and aims to teach middle school students about energy transfer. The students will learn basic physics concepts using simple, hands-on exhibits. From there, they learn how to apply those concepts to make their homes more energy efficient.
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?We develop hands-on exhibits and then work with the kids in terms of conduction, convention and radiation,? explained Ryan. ?The big step, once they understand these basic concepts of physics, is whether they can take that and work collaboratively with another child to explain the science that's going on within a system.?
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For example, in one of the exhibits, the students become heat loss detectives and use heatless smoke pencils to determine where drafts are coming from in a home. The sources of drafts moves the smoke from the pencils indicating where there are weak points in the weather seals.
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Project SOS is a two year project and will bring together professionals different backgrounds to cover not only physics, but basic concepts within the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, STEM, platform to young people.
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