The Institute
for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) in Danville, Virginia will be
transporting its STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math Mobile
Learning Lab - STEM ML2) to Virginia Tech on Saturday, March 23rd to participate in the 2013 Kids’
Tech University. The goal of the GReEn Jobs (Gearing-up for Renewable
Energy Jobs) project is to provide professional development opportunities to
teachers and hands-on activities for K-12 students that increase their
knowledge and understanding of clean energy and the emerging green economy. The unit will include photovoltaic
cells, a wind turbine, a human power generator, the House of Pressure, and a
vegetable oil processing unit (reclaimed fuel will power the truck that pulls
the STEM lab. The hands-on lab activities that connect to the demonstration
technologies will reinforce STEM concepts.
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