The Horse 2021/22

Environment & Technology

Taming lightning

Join us on the journey of discovering electricity. The journey from the natural phenomenon of lightning to the Tesla. We will show you where electricity was first discovered and when it was first used. Then we will look at how electricity is used today and how it has changed over time. Finally, we will speculate what the future might bring. Flying electric cars? No more cables? We'll see.  

What electricity could be like in 100 years:

Sophie_Alina_electricity_100_years.mp3 (1,92 mb)

How to build a circuit

Links

Electricity_Alina_Sophie.pdf (242,38 kb) (PDF)

By Alina Zimmi, Sophie Caulfield

IDAF Food Consumption

3 - Food consumption

For the project I could document everything a vegetarian and a vegan person eats in a day and compare these two documentations in joules as well as in kcal.

 

  • Vegan diet for a day and document the kcal
  • Vegetarian diet for a day and document the kcal

 

--> Compare and see who consumed less calories in a day

IDAF - Feel the Power of the Sun

The sun as an energy source is the only reason for life on earth. Over time, humanity has begun to use these in a useful way. Solar as an energy source has become a trend in recent years. It can not only be used in an environmentally friendly way, but also reduces costs. In this small project, we focus on the electricity consumption of an average household and look at how costs can be reduced by using a solar system. However, the development is fascinating and we are curious to see what the future will bring us.

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IDAF - The History of Heating

Heating today vs hundred years ago


Fire and fires have existed almost since the beginning of the earth. Lightning and volcanic activity can cause forest fires at any time. Therefore, our forefathers must have known fire as a destroying force of nature. But it was only much later that they began to control fire and use it for their own purposes. Which people they were - for that we must go back to the Stone Age.More...