Loranger+Middle+School+-+Ms.+Seaver


 * Ms. Seaver's 6th Grade Class**
 * 2015-2016**

Your Task: Use your classroom combined data to answer the questions below to share in how to save the world.

1. What were the biggest vampires you found?

We found that hair straighteners (21 Watts), a cable box, and a desktop computer were the biggest vampires. We found that some of the coffee makers, depending on the brand, used a fair amount of vampire power (between 2 and 6 watts), probably because they have to heat up the water. A Dell computer used 17 Watts in standby.

2. How much money could your class save each month by unplugging vampires?

$12.47 is how much we could save by unplugging those vampires…but if we listed ALL our vampires at ALL of our homes it would be a lot more.

3. How much CO2 would be reduced if your class unplugged the vampires each month?

The amount of CO2 that would be reduced is 116.47 pounds because we wasted that much. Although actually 116 pounds is only a fraction of the whole amount since we did not measure ALL our appliances at our homes.

4. What was the most surprising thing you found while studying this standby power unit?

Riley was surprised that small thing like a hair straightener uses so many watts, and that a PS4 uses relatively few watts. We were surprised to think that a lot of people have coffee makers and use a lot of Watts even when they are off. We were surprised by how much of our stuff is not unplugged and how much electricity is wasted. We’re also surprised that the microwave uses so much standby power- we might have thought a toaster or PS4 or TV would have used more.

We were also surprised by how many things were vampires that we never suspected.

Attach your classroom spreadsheet used for these calculations.