MP&W tours and presentations educate both children and adults about electricity, water about energy efficiency. If you're interested in a presentation other than those listed, we'll try to accommodate your needs. For more information or to schedule a tour, call (563) 263-2631.
Electrical Safety Demonstration
This dynamic demonstration uses a "live" model of a town to illustrate how electricity can short-circuit through objects outside its intended path. These objects include trees, ladders and people. It emphasizes safety precautions needed to avoid electrocution.
Audience - primarily 4th through 8th grades, can be tailored to all age groups including businesses
Length - 60 minutes
Water Presentation
How safe is our water? What is the quality or our water? We explain the Muscatine Island Aquifer, water quality or production, treatment, and distribution of water.
Audience - any age group
Length - 30-60 minutes
Energy Conservation in Homes and Churches
Learn about energy saving opportunities that can be found in residential and church applications.
Audience - adults
Length - 45-60 minutes
Energy Conservation in Homes and Churches Presentation
Energy Efficiency in the City
Focused on the Rebuild America Energy Efficiency Program, this presentation reviews accomplishments of the Rebuild Muscatine Iowa program and discusses energy saving commercial opportunities.
Audience - businesses
Length - 45-60 minutes
Energy Efficiency in the City Presentation
Renewable Energy, Solar Cooking and Energy Audits
This fun and dynamic presentation explains where energy comes from, discusses renewable forms of energy and provides an overview of how to perform an energy audit. Students cook in a solar oven and view a presentation of an electric bicycle.
Audience - 4th through 6th graders (can be tailored for other age groups)
Length - 45-60 minutes
Solar Oven Workshop
A hands-on workshop teaching how to build and cook with a solar oven made out of recycled cardboard. Participants are encouraged to take the oven they build home and demonstrate this technology to others.
Audiences - all ages (class are limited to 25 participants)
Length - 45-60 minutes
Fees - Materials
Photovoltaics (PV)
Learn about the Photovoltaics (PV) industry. It discusses the history of PV, explains the PV effect, describes cell manufacturing technology, compares system output to utility demand and how PV is a value added product for utilities. It covers the marketing of a PV system, the challenges, customer interests, and product attributes and solutions for overcoming barriers.
Audience - adults
Length - 45-60 minutes
Photovoltaics Presentation
Low Cost - No Cost Solar Presentation
History of Wind Machines
This is a narrated pictorial with more than 100 pictures showing the history of wind machines from 200 BC to the present.
Audience - high school students and adults
Length - 45-90 minutes
History of Wind Presentation
Power Plant Tour
Get a first-hand look at how Muscatine's electricity is generated with a tour of the Unit 9 generating facility. The tour is custom-designed for each group. It emphasizes electrical safety and topics such as distribution of power, how we produce electrical power and how we control harmful emissions.
Audience - age 8 through adult (about 25 people; depending on the number of children and age groups, adult chaperones will be required)
Length - 60-90 minutes
Paul Burback
Energy Services Specialist
Phone: (563) 263-2631
pburback@mpw.org
Make a Difference with Green Muscatine
By participating in MP&W’s Green Muscatine program, you continue to get the reliable energy you need while doing something positive with renewable energy for our community’s environment.
