Hilltown Families 
Students Invited to Create Wind Turbines & Sustainable Dollhouses for Expo
KidWind & Green Dollhouse Challenge at the
Western MA Science & Sustainability Expo
This May, Greenfield Community College will be hosting the first annual Western Massachusetts Science and Sustainability Exposition. The expo is an opportunity for educators and students to share and showcase their projects, initiatives, services, and resources surrounding the topic of sustainability.
The exposition also includes two exciting learning opportunities for students- the KidWind Challenge and the Green Dollhouse Challenge. Each of the challenges calls for students to design and build a realistic, working model. KidWind calls for a wind turbine, and Green Dollhouse requires students to create a dollhouse that uses renewable energy sources and features sustainable materials and design.
KIDWIND ♦ For KidWind, the turbines will be judged based on a few different criteria, including energy harnessing efficiency and cost to create. More information is available at www.kidwind.org.
GREEN DOLLHOUSE ♦ In the Green DollHouse challenge, students will have to get creative to come up with as many different sustainable aspects as they can to incorporate into their house! From each challenge, students will learn about sustainably building, renewable energy, and architecture/design. Both projects can be tied in with studies of physics, environmental science, and/or architecture.
For more information about the expo or either of the challenges, contact Susan Reyes at 413-259-1658.
Find out more about the expo tonight, Thursday, Jan 26, 2012 from 4-5:30pm. Call to register. 413-259-1658. 50 Miles Street. Greenfield, MA. (FREE)