Technopolis is a Flemish science center that opened in 2000. Its mission is to bring science and technology closer to people. It offers various educational activities both onsite and offsite, including shows, demonstrations, workshops, and a science truck called "MysteriX". One workshop is called "Energy for the Future", which is a 2-hour interactive workshop for 12-14 year olds. Students work in groups on 4 projects to generate alternative energy from wind, water, solar, and hydrogen. The goal is to power a model apartment at the end.

1. Patricia Verheyden Experience director patricia@technopolis.be www.technopolis.be

2. Technopolis®

3. Technopolis, the Flemish Science Centre Open sinceFebruary2000 Mission: bringingscience and technologycloser to the people.

5. Criteria forprojects Interactive Educational A lot of fun No school subject classification Involvement of the visitor Sensation Easily accessible Contextualisation

7. EducationalActivities In Technopolis: Shows Demonstrations Pathfinders Electronic rallies Automatedtheatre Lego mindstorms …

8. Demonstrations

9. EducationalActivities At school Downloadableeducationalpackages Puppet theatre Science truck ‘MysteriX’ Workshops: edutainer in class room

10. Science truck

11. Workshops

12. A glimpse of the workshop Energy for the Future

13. Workshop: Energy for the Future

14. Theme and Target Group Interactive workshop guidedbyan edutainer Theme: environment and sustainableenergy Emphasisontechnicalskills Duration: 2 hours Target group: 12 – 14 yearsold

15. Energy for the Future Developedfor the newschool curriculum (eindtermen) Technology Tested in several schools Noweffectively a workshop offeredby Technopolis from May 2011 onwards

16. Content Pupilsworkon 4 projects Goal: to generate ‘alternative’ energy: wind, water, solar power and hydrogen: Wind: windmill Water: hydraulicpower station Solar power: solarsaw Hydrogen gas: hydrogenfueledcar

17. FinalObjectives Environment and sustainableenergy Naturalsciences Technicalskills: problemsolving in the design of the windmill and the car Personaldevelopment: creativity, initiative, team work, precision…

18. Start of Workshop: Set Up

19. Instruction sheets

20. Windmill

21. Gear Test

22. Windmill

23. Hydraulic Power Station

24. Hydraulic Power Station

25. SolarSaw

26. SolarSaw

27. HydrogenFueledCar

28. HydrogenFueledCar

29. Hydrogenfueledcar

30. The Finale All projects are connected to the apartment

31. Conclusion of the Workshop Provide the apartmentwithelectricity

32. Patricia Verheyden Experience director patricia@technopolis.be www.technopolis.be