Sunday, February 12, 2012

Can electricity be produced from walking?

Check out this picture of kinetic energy being turned into electricity! The green tile below lights up when someone steps on it producing electricity.  The street tiles harvest the KINETIC energy of your footstep and turn it into ELECTRICITY! How cool is that!
Discovery News

The street tiles store energy in a battery or can be used to light street lights, crossing lights, speakers, signs and advertising.
QUESTION: Where would be the best place to install the energy tiles in our school?  In the front of the school, in the cafeteria, gym, in the classrooms, hallways? WHY do you think that?  Let me know your hypothesis!  Leave your color group and initials.

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think we should place them on all of the floor because that is where our body parts touch the most.
BR-yellow

Anonymous said...

In the hallways where there are no windows to add light. BR yellow

Anonymous said...

The gym because there is always movement in there throughout the day. LZ yellow girl 25

Anonymous said...

Hallway. Because almost eveyone walks up and down the hall all day long because thats you get from place to place. CH yellow

Anonymous said...

I think that you can make electricity by walking because I have seen people use animals on hamster wheels and the animals made electricity. Hk Blue 4-5 period

Anonymous said...

i think you should put it in the in the classrooms because what if the lights went out you could yours those for a light source. but if the lights go out and your in the hallway you could use them to find your way back. jg blue

Anonymous said...

i think in the hallway because we all walk up and down the hallway.NV Blue girl

Anonymous said...

l think that we should put the tiles everywhere in school beacause in that case we would be green and there would be less bills.redms ;) see u tommorow;)

Anonymous said...

i think they should put it on the sidewalk because a lot of people walk on the sidewalk. KY Blue

TP blue said...

I think they should be put in the hallway in a straight line so the kids would always want to walk straight to step on them.

Anonymous said...

They should be put in the hallway in straight lines so the kids will always want to walk in a straight line to step on them TP blue.

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

yes if you walk on carpet with your socks you can create static electricity! blue CC

Anonymous said...

i think u should put it in the gym because when we run we would step on them

Anonymous said...

I think the cafeteria because 5th and 6th go into there C.B yellow

Anonymous said...

I thnink in front of the bathrooms because everyone goes to the bathroom N.S yellow

Anonymous said...

in the gym because of moventLZyellow

Anonymous said...

I think we should put them in the hallways. It would probably help the enviroment also. Oh and @Tp Blue, then they'd just be playin' around on the jumping from one to the other. EC Red Boy Thanks! Oh and Mrs. Zwahr, I'm absent 'cos I'm sick (Cough Cough).Sorreh... >.<

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