RIT Science of Fuel Cells

You're invited to FREE virtual training specifically designed for high school teachers!

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Incorporate Clean Energy into your Curriculum

Thanks to grant funding from Constellation, an Exelon Company, RIT chemistry faculty are hosting Zoom workshops about clean energy in March and April that can elevate your high school curriculum. In five virtual sessions, we'll cover a range of topics from hydrogen fuel, electrochemistry, and fuel cell construction.

Upon completion of the workshops, you'll receive a certificate and we'll help you incorporate the materials into your curriculum.

Read the full details below, and send us an email to get started!

 

Full Workshop Details

  1. Global Warming
  2. Clean Energy Sources and Hydrogen as a Fuel and Energy Carrier
  3. Fundamentals of Electrochemistry, Electricity Generation using Fuel Cells, and Fuel Cell Construction
  4. Hydrogen Properties, Storage, and Production
  5. Hydrogen Infrastructure

Don't worry if you have a schedule conflict. The first workshop will be live while the remaining four will be recorded and a URL will be provided for you to watch.

  • Saturday, March 23 (LIVE)
  • Saturday, March 30
  • Saturday, April 6
  • Saturday, April 13
  • Saturday, April 20

A free one day laboratory experience will be held at RIT on April 27 and May 4. You may pick one day to attend the laboratory experience that will include:

1. A Review of “Global Warming, Renewable Source of Energy, and Hydrogen as a Fuel and an Energy Carrier”

2. Hands-on Lab Experiments:
1. Experiment #1: Fuel Cell Construction
2. Experiment #2: Electricity Generation with Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cells
3. Experiment #3: Measuring the Amount of Hydrogen Generated from Chemical Reactions and Parameters of Electricity Generated
4. Experiment #4: Solar Electrolysis of Water

Please contact us as soon as possible at avbsch@rit.edu and gatsch@rit.edu. The grant we were awarded from Constellation, an Exelon Company, requires that we at least impact the learning of 100 K-12 students total. Please indicate the number of high school students that would be impacted by participating in these training sessions and the optional one face-to-face lab session you may be interested in attending.

Bring your students!
Each High School teacher participant may bring 5-7 high school students to these one-day hands-on lab sessions. Please tell us how many students will be attending with you.

Additional Resources
To demonstrate this learning experience for High School students, you may want to view the following websites showing videos produced by Constellation, an Exelon Company: