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Course Number and Title:  **927 - Greengineering 101/201** Year: **2011-2012 NNHS**

Faculty Names:  **S. Chinosi, (B and C-blocks)** Email address **:** **stephen_chinosi@newton.k12.ma.us** Phone: 617-559-6261 Office Hours:  **By Appointment or E / F blocks** Office Location:  **148A**

**Required and Suggested Supplemental Reading Materials:** Design Thinking Toolkit(IDEO), //Built to Last, Building a Successful Biodiesel Business, Algae Strategy, the new fuel, The Green Economy, Growing a Business, Biodiesel Basics and Beyond, Homeowners Guide to Renewable Energy//, and many, many more

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**COURSE PREREQUISITES** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Desire to imagine the possibilities

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**COURSE DESCRIPTION** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Greengineering 101 is driven by the question “How do we create a sustainable existence?” In this course students will take greater responsibility for their learning and for their place on the planet. Students are expected to think more expansively and to engineer solutions to local and global issues regarding the environment, the economy, and the people that connect the two.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**COURSE OBJECTIVES:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Utilizing some of the most important engineering, economic, and environmental issues, Greengineers strive to study the complex relationships of the new energy revolution. One goal is to create a viable energy company. In preparation for university, students will strengthen their skills as engineers and scholars. Students will focus on biodiesel production, recycled products, algae as fuel, solar and wind technologies. This year will offer students several creative and intellectual challenges. Students will learn to build biodiesel processors, understand the chemistry behind the process. Students will also design products from recycled materials, build algae cultivators, and investigate the complexities of an entrepreneurial endeavor. Ultimately, students will offer concise, articulate solutions to contemporary and critical issues.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Year-at-a-Glance** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(most likely subject to change – often) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 9/7 - 11/5 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Intro to GNRG <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -Design THinking <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-BootCamp <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -Teams || # <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Design Mind Set <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 11/8 - 1/21/11 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-BioDiesel <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -Bags <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -Science of Solar/Wind || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Highly Effective Production Teams <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 2. Bootleg new solutions <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 3. Innovate || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 1/24 - 4/1 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- - Scientific Inquiry (solo) || Create paper/presentation on a question that will advance greengineering research || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 4/4 – 6/19 || || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Design Challenge (teams) || || || Design greengineered Solution for a local or global problem ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**TERMS** || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**TOPICS**  || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**GOALS**  ||
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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Functional/Flexible Solutions
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">FOUR

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> There is an online component to this class. Students are required to spend time posting to the discussion board on the class website ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__http://www.greengineers.wikispaces.com__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">). Students will also find critical information for class posted there as well. Students are expected to visit the website daily.

Discussions, Research Questions, 3-2-1, are organized below.

Click on 3-2-1 to post your weekly 3-2-1 reports

Click Gathering to see the notes from the weekly Gathering. (formerly known as the board meeting)