Line Volts Lithium Battery Electric Maze Making and Lecture on Energy Distribution and Crisis

On the 28^th day of August 2010, the MESciSoc assembled together at the Science laboratory to hear a lecture from Engr. Kennith Q. Parcon. The talk was focused on energy: energy distribution and energy crisis. We were inducted with the different types of power plants namely, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, nuclear power plant, hydro electric power plant, and coil power plant. As we know, power plants release smoke, so it is not questionable for us to wonder whether these could contribute to global warming. And according to Engr. Parcon, yes it could, but only a little, because if it would be proven to be detrimental, the use of power plants all over the world will be disrupted.

The speaker also told us about the major factors that influence energy crisis. The first one is temperature/weather. Most power plants run dependently on the environment so a sudden change in temperature/weather could affect them a lot. The other factors are our social and economic status. Unknowingly, we, consumers are the major contributors to energy crisis.

And the most thrilling part of the activity is when each of us was given a chance to learn and discover how an electric maze is made. With the help of our guest speaker’s knowledge, every group has successfully built their own electric maze. We are planning to display our works on our exhibit next year for everyone to witness.