Electricity!
February's field trip is all about electricity. We will start the morning at the Bonneville Dam with a guided tour of the hydroelectric power house.
"Bonneville Lock and Dam is located 145 river miles from the mouth of the Columbia River and about 40 miles east of Portland, Ore., near Cascade Locks, Ore., and North Bonneville, Wash.The project’s first powerhouse, spillway and original navigation lock were completed in 1938 to improve navigation on Columbia River and provide hydropower to the Pacific Northwest. A second powerhouse was completed in 1981, and a larger navigation lock in 1993. A Public Works Administration project of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, portions of Bonneville Lock and Dam Project were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987."
Students will review the basics of electricity while learning plenty of new information about hydropower. Our tour is scheduled for 9:30 AM. The site requires students to be in pants and closed to shoes.
After lunch we are scheduled to tour one of the Bonneville Power Administration Substations. There Mr. Tabezyenski, a former parent, will show us how power is brought in, manipulated, and then passed on to customers.
Both sites require me to submit the names of all students and adults attending for security purposes, so I need to know volunteers as soon as possible!
Please let me know if are willing to join us for an electrifying day.
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