Country View Science Exploration Day

Students from the Southwestern College Green Team helped to educate students at Country View Elementary school about the basics and importance of wind energy this past Wednesday. The Green Team taught principles about electricity, basic energy conservation and how a wind turbine works to nearly 150 K-4th grade students throughout the afternoon.

To demonstrate how a wind turbine works, Sydnee Nelson and the other Green Team students led the children in the construction of paper pinwheels. Green Team students who participated in the afternoon were Nelson, Briana Cathcart, Elle Nguyen, Sarah Rommelfanger, Kelcie Parrish, Daniel Van Sickle, Shea Wilson, and Paul Swisher.

The Green Team presentations were part of the Country View Science Exploration Day, originally scheduled to take place at Island Park. Due to the weather forecast of rain, the Field Trip was moved to Country View. The day featured a total of 7 rotations for the students including the Green Team, a nature walk, a soybean and food presentation by the extension office, a demonstration of wind, water and erosion by the Cowley conservation office, a talk by Dr. Charlie Hunter and several Southwestern biology students, a leaf rubbing exercise and some time at the playground.