GET City is the recipient of the 2012 MetLife Foundation Afterschool Innovator Award for Digital Learning! This national award, which is given jointly by The Afterschool Alliance and MetLife Foundation, recognizes “new and fresh approaches to help middle school students succeed in the programs, school and life.” Read about it at the Afterschool Alliance! Congratulations …
G-A-S
The four of us are in GET City, and we created a dance where we teach about saving gas. Actually we were thinking about why its important to get off the power grid. We know that most people think about electricity when they think of the power grid, but we were thinking that gasoline is …
Power Sucking Pigs!
We made a movie called “Power Sucking Pigs.” We made this movie to help people understand how much energy they use. The pigs represent “us” using too much energy, so in the movie it causes a blackout. We wanted people to use less energy. It can help prevent CO2 from going into the atmosphere. ~ Quahn & …
Solar Arrest!
The video, Solar Arrest, was made to increase awareness about the need for alternative energy, such as solar energy. We want people to learn that solar energy is a better alternative for energy because it reduces your carbon footprint.
Solar Charging!
Solar charging is the best thing I ever saw. It was so fun I don’t know how to explain it. But I will. I did not know how to solder until today. I learned that there is an alternative ways to charge phones. I learned so many things in get city but the one …
Energy Consumption in America
We know energy consumption has changed throughout the years, but today our question was… why? To find our answer we interviewed different people. We asked them what appliances they had when they were younger. We discovered the older the person was the less appliances they had. With our data we hope to compare today’s appliances to …
Smoothie day with a bike!
Today was awesome for the get city experts. We made a smoothie maker using a blender with a bike as a power source. We used a bike because we are looking at ways to get off the power grid, and survive without using electricity. We used fruit, maple syrup, and milk as ingredients in the …
Bike Calculations
We have been riding and riding the bike to power GET City. We’re figuring out how much power we produce, and how much we need! Come join us! More data and a video after the break…
Getting off the power grid!
GET City is working to get off the power grid! Here is a handout that you can use to develop awareness of how much energy you use. This will help you figure out some of the specifications for getting off the grid! GC Energy Tracking
LEED Movies
Here are the videos we produced to show off our LEED designs. Check them all out and let us know what you think! Green Teen Center Cami, Jazzy, Chontalice and Led’Jiin More videos after the break…
