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Teachers Learn A Life-Saving Skill: How to Build a Solar Cooker
What does an umbrella, inner tube and mylar blanket have in common? They are all components of innovative solar cooker designs. Seventeen teachers came to the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) in...
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WHAT: The seventh-annual EnergyWhiz Olympics is a series of day-long activities dedicated to students with an interest in alternative fuels. It is composed of the Junior Solar Sprint, Hydrogen Sprint,...
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Students’ Bright Ideas Shine at EnergyWhiz Olympics
COCOA, May 11, 2011 – Florida students have creative ideas for solving some of the world’s greatest energy challenges, and their solutions were demonstrated Saturday at the ninth-annual EnergyWhiz...
View ArticleSTUDENTS OUTSHINE RAIN AT ENERGYWHIZ OLYMPICS
COCOA, May 3, 2014—Despite discouraging weather forecasts, more than 450 students traveled from as far away as Key West and Tallahassee to compete in the EnergyWhiz Olympics at UCF’s Florida Solar...
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Energized Students Infectious at Statewide Renewable Energy Competition
COCOA, June 5, 2017—Nearly 50 schools across Florida—from Key West and Tallahassee—participated in this year’s EnergyWhiz competition last month at the University of Central Florida’s Florida Solar...
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Cloudy Skies Add to Real-World Learning Challenges at EnergyWhiz
By Sherri Shields COCOA, Fla., May 21, 2018—A blanket of cloud-covered skies can be a real challenge for students to race Junior Solar Sprint (JSS) cars and keep solar oven temperatures sufficient for...
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