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Written by OJ Fagbire
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Sunday, 18 March 2007 |
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Just recently [On Friday], a group of Iowa teachers were given a science lesson on hydrogen technology. National Renewable Energy Lab’s Rick Shin was the teacher and his students were middle school teachers. The middle aged teachers were taught how to build a miniature hydrogen fuel-celled car, not just for their own purposes but so they can help their students prepare for competition.
While the teachers had an advantage of being given the kit from which to build the car, the students will have no such luck as they will have to use their own materials to build the car with focus being placed on weight and speed, they are to build a car that is both the lightest and the fastest. So the students are really counting on their teachers to grasp all the necessary details and be able to pass it across easily to them
According to one of the teachers, South Hamilton science teacher Christine Hall, the students are expecting the teachers to absorb all the knowledge they can, “ … they said, 'Take really good notes, Mrs. Hall.' They want me to make sure that I bring all the info back so they can have a really good car."
As the teachers found out firsthand, it’s no walk in the park; there will likely be a lot of trial and error in the students' attempt to craft the fastest hydrogen car
Like one of the teachers observed, the project’s goal is to have the fastest car, not necessarily the prettiest.
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