Michiana Hydroelectric Company-- private dam that sells power to Consumers

CRV Summer 2015 Inreach: Energy, Aerospace & Science Visits

For 30 years CRV initiated trips to science, aerospace and energy sites, by reaching into the facilities’ outreach coordinators. Bill Richards handles contacting, scheduling and funding. Sue Palen, a retired professional science teacher, identifies interested students and maintains the educational integrity.

The crvonline.org website provides participants and the public with pictures of trips and events.

Consumers --Training Facility

Carbon Green Biofuel from Michigan corn

Bellevue

Aerospace Bottle rockets + data input.

Eaton Rapids Wildside animal rehab center

LEGO robots workshop

Civil Engineering materials testing lab & designing and building bridges competition

U of M

CRV Support from the Pentecost Foundation; at U-M support from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium;

summer 2015 student fee was subsidized by the Ovid-Elsie Community Fund

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Michiana Hydro Electrical Power from a Dam in Bellevue Mi.

The river above the dam

Bill Stockhausen’s shop

The turbine generates electricity sold to Consumers Energy

Over 100 years ago this dam powered a grist mill for grinding farmers grains

Carbon Green Energy produces ethanol from Michigan farmers’ corn

The laboratory closely controls production quality

This Solar array at the Lansing Board of Water and Light has over 400 plates.

In addition to the Solar array, renewable energy will come from the

Lansing Water Treatment Plant

Consumers Energy Coal Plant & Marshall Training Center

U. of M. Civil Engineering workshop by Dr. Jason McCormick: materials testing & bridge building

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UM Computer Lab /students are learning input data Pumping air pressure to launch a rocket

Abrams Planetarium sky show: Night sky Stars and Planets a family has two CRV Telescopes for several months. .

Students experience resistance when hand cranking a generator to power a light bulb.

Over 150 year old telescope

Peckham Industries has LEED certified architecture Wildside Wild Animal Rehab Center In addition to wild animals this presentation includes the need for engineers’ road design to include safe animal crossings

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Robotic students as young as six are a first in this age group for CRV. This class and included ages 6 up to 12.

Six years ago Josh S. was the above age. This spring his DeWitt High school robotics team qualified for international robotics competition.

Tom Kowelski volunteers to teach Legos robotics

Students tour the USS Destroyer Edson in Bay City

This opportunity was not on the schedule. It presented an option. The students elected to do the tour. With the use of cell phones we were able to warn parents of a change in return time !

RCX and NXT Lego robots Beginner robot Age six

Kalamazoo Air Zoo Panoramic view from the balcony

Before and after a shuttle ride.