SUCCEED 2011 Program
Monday, August 1
| 8:00 AM | Check-in desk opens. Free breakfast, optional morning activities |
| 9:00 AM | Introductions and Overview of Week |
| 9:15 AM | What is energy/environment/climate Individual Activity Group Discussion A Scientist’s Perspective |
| 10:00 AM | Energy Source Comparisons |
| 10:30 AM | Life Cycle Thinking |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 12:30 PM | Final Project: Debate on SUCCEED Topics Format/Topic Description Creation of Debate Groups |
| 1:30 PM | Carnegie Museum of Natural History Field Trip Snack on trip |
| 4:15 PM | Review |
| 4:30 PM | Parent Pick-up |
Tuesday, August 2
| 8:00 AM | Free Breakfast, optional morning activities |
| 9:00 AM | Overview of the Morning: Classic Fuel Generation |
| 9:15 AM | Fossil Fuel Generation Classroom Activities Facilities and Maintenance Services Field Trip |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch, Breakout into Debate Groups |
| 12:30 PM | Nuclear Generation |
| 1:30 PM | Practice Debate: Carbon Capture and Sequestration |
| 2:30 PM | Snack Break |
| 2:45 PM | Chemistry Activity |
| 4:15 PM | Review |
| 4:30 PM | Parent Pick-up |
Wednesday, August 3
| 7:30 AM | Bus Boarding for Power Plant Field Trip |
| 8:00 AM | Bruce Mansfield Power Plant field trip, Breakfast on board bus |
| 12:00 PM | Return Breakout into Debate Groups |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | Consumer Preferences: Light Experiment |
| 2:00 PM | Home Energy Audit activity |
| 3:30 PM | Carbon Footprint |
| 4:15 PM | Review |
| 4:30 PM | Parent Pick-up |
Thursday, August 4
| 8:00 AM | Free Breakfast, optional morning activities |
| 9:00 AM | Overview of the Day: Renewables and Storage |
| 9:15 AM | Renewable Energy |
| 11:00 AM | Make Your Own Battery |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch, Breakout into Debate Groups |
| 12:30 PM | Electric Vehicle Lab Tour |
| 1:30 PM | Aquion Energy Battery Factory Tour |
| 3:30 PM | Snack Break, Break into Debate Groups |
| 4:15 PM | Review |
| 4:30 PM | Parent Pick-up |
Friday, August 5
| 8:00 AM | Free Breakfast, optional morning activities |
| 9:00 AM | Overview of the Day: Policy and Decision Making |
| 9:15 AM | Policy and Decision Making in Marcellus Shale |
| 10:15 AM | Understanding Electricity Mix Tradeoffs |
| 12:00 PM | Career Path Panel Lunch Megan Collelo - Law, Non-Profits John Jameson - Green Building Alliance Costa Samaras - RAND Corporation Ines Azevedo - CMU Assistant Research Professor Dan Schnitzer - Earthspark |
| 1:00 PM | Post Test |
| 1:30 PM | Debate Practice |
| 3:30 PM | Debate |
| 5:00 PM | Concluding Statements |
| 5:30 PM | Reception |
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