Learners will learn about how sunlight is an unlimited free and clean fusion energy that we have had for over four billion years.  Learners will learn how to harness this type of energy and make electricity from it.

Library Media Specialist teaching and managing STEM  research projects in elementary schools.

Homework Offered
Different parts of the students' science report will be submitted by each learner each week.  On the 12th week, a Certificate of Achievement will be given to each learner who has submitted their Science Report.  
0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered

We will be using a guest speaker,  Mr. Ulysses Weldon,  a retired patent examiner (GS-15) from the US Patent and Trademark Office. Before joining US PATENT TRADEMARK OFFICE, he was a project engineer at UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES. His interests in nature and photographs have been expressed in his two books about the flora and fauna in Lake Artemesia in Maryland. His interest in all forms of energy resulted in an article on "How to Make a Home-made Solar Cooker". His interest in education resulted in the Three T's mentioned in the book "Bringing Out the Best", by J. Saunders. While in the USA army, he received a George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedoms Foundation for a letter written in 1963. The letter in part read, "I must become an evangelist for freedom. At every opportunity, I must help others gain knowledge of the principles that give birth to freedom". He received a BSEE from Howard University and a MSEE from George Washington University (with a concentration in Medical Engineering), and a BS in IFSM (University of Maryland Global Campus). While at GWU, he received an award from IEEE for an essay on speech restoral methods. He received first place in the Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest, Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Civil Rights (1992). He received a BRONZE METAL for superior service at the USA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. Received 20+ service awards from USA PATENT and TRADEMARK OFFICE. He taught at CAPITAL COLLEGE for several years. AFTER retirement, he was licensed to practice patent law before the US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE. His letters to editors have appeared in the Washington post, the Time magazine, USA TODAY, PG JOURNAL, and Washington STAR. He was licensed as an amateur radio operator. In 1985, he was presented with the Order of the Ant by the Patent Office Society.