Racing with the Sun Module Introduction

This video is an introduction to training for the TechXcite: Discover Engineering Racing with the Sun Module. The playlist for this module includes videos to helping instructors facilitate all 4 activities in the module. This TechXcite: Discover Engineering! module introduces kids to ways in which solar panels may be used to generate electricity through the design of a solar car. Ways in which engineers can design more environmentally friendly cars are a very important challenge in engineering today. While it is unlikely that a car would be powered entirely by solar panels, an electric car with batteries combined with solar charging could become popular in the future. In this module, kids explore how solar panels generate electricity in different lights by measuring the maximum voltage they can create. Then, they apply this knowledge in building and optimizing a small solar car. The videos in this playlist provide you with the information you need to facilitate these activities with middle school students. Prior to facilitating the module, we recommend you build the projects yourself. Materials lists, instructor's guides, and youth handouts are all available on our website. techxcite.pratt.duke.edu
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New rules on disposing of your old laptop, printer or mobile phone look set to come into force in the European Union. The European Parliament on Thursday voted to pass stricter laws on how the bloc deals with electronic and electrical equipment waste. The proposal, drawn up by German MEP Karl-Heinz Florenz, was approved with a majority of 85 percent. Waste electrical and electronic equipment New legislation, scheduled to be voted this Thursday (3 Feb 2011) aims to toughen existing rules on collection and treatment .The EP Environment Committee has recommended that Member States should collect 85% of WEEE by 2016 and recycle 50-75% (depending on the category). The proposals for this legislation, drafted by Karl-Heinz Florenz (EPP, Germany), were backed by the Environment Committee on 22 June 2010. Over 8 million tonnes of e-waste According to national reports, only 33% of the waste is currently collected and properly treated.The current collection target is 4 kg per year per person, but it doesn't reflect the different circumstances of each country. Some states already exceeded this amount, others fell short of it. 00:00'10" SOUNDBITE in German by Karl-Heinz Florenz (PPE, DE), rapporteur, We've got very different collection systems. The best performances in the North where 16 kilo per capita is collected and there are other countries where only 1 kilo per capita is collected, we need to come with uniform criteria in this Directive. We don't have them so far. 00:00'35 ...
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