Camp Week 04: Energy / Catch and Store Energy

Campers will explore how we use energy and issues arising from our energy consumption in our communities. They will be challenged to uncover threats to the energy supply of their communities and to develop strategies to optimize their energy use and potentially viable alternatives.  

Your camper will:

Learn about peak oil issues, alternative energy, domestic energy consumption, industrial energy consumption

Ideate solution to some of these challenges and craft a pitch

Learn what is needed to get projects off the ground and present their implementation plan

At BAM Virtual Camps, we aim to encourage kids to explore the challenges present and future of energy in their community and how they can turn those challenges into opportunities. We are aware of the limitations of learning through technology as opposed to the classroom. That’s why we get kids growing gardens because they can then observe directly how systems really work and the BAM coaches help them connect the dots. Our challenges are designed to balance the online learning environment by getting your kid’s hands dirty! 

 We do this through individual and group challenges that encourage them to ask deeper questions and get closer to objective truth. Be it through judging online resources, speaking directly with community members and subject matter experts, or observing their backyard or neighborhood through a global lens. Armed with this new knowledge, we further challenge kids to develop innovative solutions to these “wicked problems” and how they can affect change in their community by deploying their solutions at a local level. We provide the activities and guidance to inspire them to develop and explore scalable initiatives and solutions.

88% of America’s energy comes from finite sources and the average American uses nearly 7 tons of oil equivalent per year. Our cultural reliance on fossil fuels needs a radical shift for the sake of our health and home. In the relative history of the planet and our own species, our industrialized way of life forms a minute portion of it. There are more effective strategies for energy acquisition and use that will serve us better in the long term that needs to be explored and developed. 

Topics covered: Peak Oil, Renewable and Alternative Energy, Domestic Energy Consumption, Industrial Energy Consumption