The Energy Bike is a highly regarded education tool for science, math and other interdisciplinary uses. Energy Bike activities meet up to 65 percent of Ohio proficiency science outcomes and up to 32 percent of math outcomes at fourth, sixth, ninth and 12th grades. CEU credit or option to purchase graduate credit. The generator delivers electricity to a display board containing a variety of electrical devices. It allows students to power incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs, a radio, tape player, fan, hair dryer, and other small appliances by pedaling the bike.
Students actually feel and observe their energy being transformed into light, heat and sound energy.
The Energy Bike is an effective and exciting learning tool because it engages visual, kinesthetic, auditory, and verbal learners so that you can teach them about energy. Topics covered Energy - BTUs, amps, photosynthesis, electrical safety, energy transformations, incandescent lighting, resistance, watts, electrical transmission, capacitors, horsepower, motors, joules, volts, generators, circuits, fuses, fluorescent lighting, energy efficiency. Science Process Skills - measuring, calculating, estimating, meter reading, forming hypotheses, gathering data, predictions, recording, experimenting. Participants residing more than 40 miles from the workshop site will be eligible for a mileage reimbursement of 30 cents per mile. Breakfast and lunch will be provided daily.