Program for the Electricity and Magnetism Academy 2007
(Information on 2008 to come)

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Sunday, August 5

Dinner/Reception at L’Enfant Plaza Hotel

Introductions of staff and participants

Introductory Activity – Electromagnetic devices of the past

Monday, August 6th

“Looking Inside” (Electrical Energy and Circuit Design Lesson 14)
Pre-assessment

Investigating Electrostatics
Steven Madewell and Roger Sherman

Lunch

Inquiry: Building a Battery (Energy, Machines and Motion Lesson 2)

Early Electrical Equipment
Steve Turner, Curator of Physical Sciences

Private visit to National Museum of American History, Electrical History Collection
Harold Wallace, Curator of Electricity Collection

Tuesday, August 7th

Historical Electronics Museum
Michael Simons

Tour of Historical Electronics Museum

Content Session: Electrical Circuits – current and voltage in circuits (Lesson 6-8)

Lunch

BG&E Power Plant Tour

BG&E Jeopardy assessment, educator resources
Brenda Pettigrew

Wednesday, August 8th

Content Session: Magnetism – magnetic forces and electromagnetism
Steve Madewell and Roger Sherman

Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Tricia Edwards

Comparing the inventions and contributions of: Nikola Tesla (alternating current), Thomas Edison (light and sound), and Alexander Graham Bell (telecom)

Thursday, August 9th

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tour of NIST Museum, Nanomagnetics Lab, Advanced Materials Lab, IEEL Lab

Lunch

BP Solar, Frederick Solar Facility
Tour of solar factory and photovoltaics

Academy Celebratory Dinner
Smithsonain Castle
Keynote Speaker
Daryll Stokes, Baltimore Gas & Electric

Friday, August 10th

Content Session: MagLev trains, build a MagLev train, understand how it works

“Looking Inside” Activity Revisited

Post Assessment

Academy Assessment

Closing remarks/distribution of certificates