{"id":180,"date":"2011-05-09T12:12:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T17:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/?p=180"},"modified":"2011-05-09T12:12:04","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T17:12:04","slug":"exploring-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/exploring-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Renewable Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just ordered a LEGO Renewable Energy Kit to see if it&#8217;s suitable for use as a camp activity for this summer. It looks like a very engaging kit with a dynamo, a solar panel, a rechargeable battery pack, a power meter and a very impressive windmill to generate power.<\/p>\n<p>From LEGO:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Students will explore renewable energy sources; investigate energy supply, transfer, accumulation, conversion, and consumption; and use measurements and data analysis to describe and explain outcomes through hands-on activities and exciting, real-life models.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ll post more when I get a chance to look at it in detail.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inanimatereason.com\/images\/9688-1b.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"Windmill\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just ordered a LEGO Renewable Energy Kit to see if it&#8217;s suitable for use as a camp activity for this summer. It looks like a very engaging kit with a dynamo, a solar panel, a rechargeable battery pack, a power meter and a very impressive windmill to generate power. From LEGO: Students will explore &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/exploring-renewable-energy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exploring Renewable Energy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1yjzF-2U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}