energy night presentation
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Caywood Elementary's Energy WISE team hosted an energy awareness night for parents and staff.TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to Energy Night at Caywood Elementary
WisdomIsSavingEnergy
Sponsored by Caywood Elementary’s Energy WISE Team
Don’t forget your punch
card…
Please proceed to the gymnasium
Thank you for coming!!
All visitors received a punch
card to be punched at each learning station
redeemable later for pizza and a
soft drink!!
Caywood students welcome you!
Did you know?
CFL’s are energy efficient because they
use 50-80% less energy than
incandescent bulbs
CFL’s are easy…you can use them virtually
anywhere a regular lightbulb is used.
CFL’s are economical because they use 1/3 the electricity and last 10 times longer than
incandescent
Students use a lightboard to show how CFLs use less electricity than incandescent bulbs.
Hot…Hot…Hot!
Solar •Abun
dant
Energy
•Clean
Is… •FREE
Students used solar panels to demonstrate how solar energy works
Easy Breezy…Wind Energy
Energy team students show off their wind mills to visitors
Wind Energy has been the fastest growing renewable energy source for the last decade
and is the least expensive. It is clean, cost competitive at less than 5 cents a kilowatt
and plentiful.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Caywood students are
active in their school recycling
program by collecting paper
for recycling from each
classroom. The students also
reminded everyone to recycle their empty soda
cans at the end of the night.
Tips for HomeThe students offered
these GREEN tips and more at Energy Night…
• Turn off water while brushing your teeth.
Turn it Off
• Unplug chargers for electronic devices when not in use.
Unplug
• Update incandescent bulbs with CFLs in all lighting fixtures.
Make the switch
The Pledge
It was a great night of energy effi cient presentations from the Caywood Elementary Energy WISE team. Parents were asked to make a pledge to become energy effi cient. All pledges were put in a drawing for some fabulous energy-wise gifts!!
Energy Night Wrap Up
What a successful night for the Caywood Energy team. Many families came out for a great night of energy education, cool prizes and free pizza and soft drinks! ***Recycle those cans!***
Make Your Own Pledge Just visit
http://www.menards.com/energystarPledgeFrame.do to make your very own pledge to be more energy efficient.
Caywood Energy WISE team says Thank You!