Wednesday, May 28, 2008

We are getting ready for Geothermal!

Today my class and I packed up our room and moved down the hall to a new classroom. Having 26 5th graders really makes things go much quicker:) They were a great help and did enjoy the process.

Part of the reason we moved classrooms is because we are getting geothermal installed in our school this summer. From what I have been told, installing geothermal is a very messy process inside and out of a building. Everything in our building needed to be moved away from interior walls and will be covered in plastic to be protected.

The word Geothermal comes from the Greek words "geo" and "therme". Geo means earth and therme means heat. Therefore, geothermal energy is using heat from within our earth. That heat from the earth is what is going to heat and cool our school next fall!