How much electricity do you use? An activity to teach high school students about energy issues

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jaramillo, Paulina ^a   Marriott, Joe ^b   Matthews, Deanna H ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical equipment; Engineering education; Power demand

Indexed keywords

BASIC (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; ELECTRICAL DEVICES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SOURCING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; OUTREACH PROGRAMS; POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER DEMAND; POWER METERING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 51849145197     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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