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An Investigation On How Operational Wind Turbines Are Used In Secondary Classrooms, James Smith
An Investigation On How Operational Wind Turbines Are Used In Secondary Classrooms, James Smith
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Through a review of literature, it was found that many schools in the United States are installing operational wind turbines, but it was unclear how teachers were using them in their science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) classrooms. In order to identify how these operational wind turbines were being used and to create a list of expectations for schools with operational wind turbines, this exploratory study surveyed STEM teachers from all across the United States. A stratified random sample was created using a U.S. Department of Energy database of schools with operational wind turbines. Administrators from the selected schools identified …