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Science teaching festival
21 - 25 November 2005
CERN, Geneva

   
 

"Jumping Course" Energy

A "jumping course" consisting of 10 stations is presented, where pupils can execute selecte experiments concerning "energy" as generic term.

The energy "Jumping Course" consists of 10 stations concerning different aspects of energy. The station presented at Science on Stage demonstrates experiments with the Stirling engine.

Besides the steam engine the Stirling engine is one of the oldest heat engines for industrial use. With a number of experiments the students learn, how the Stirling engine works. The fully functioning model with a connected dynamo allows the determination of basic data of heat-engine, e.g. power output or pressure-volume diagrams. Additionally the dynamo is used as a drive unit and the whole device is run as a refrigerating machine.

The energy "Jumping Course" is adressed to students up to 12 years. The moduls can be modified and adapted on the requests of teachers.

 

 
 
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Contact:
Heike Funk, Günther Entenmann

Institute:
NaT-Lab, Universität mainz, Mainz, Germany

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