Messaglonskee+Middle+School


 * Ms. Ripa's 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? The biggest vampires were the plant light and the Christmas lights because they do not have a standby option, they are always on when they are plugged in.

2. How much money could your class save each month by unplugging vampires? Our class could save $14.14 per month if we unplugged all of the vampire appliances.

3. How much CO2 would be reduced if your class unplugged the vampires each month? We could reduce 131.2 pounds of C02 from being released into the atmosphere if we unplugged all the appliances in our classroom.

4. What was the most surprising thing you found while studying this standby power unit? What was most surprising is we spend a lot of money on things that are plugged in that we aren't even using. The worst part is some appliances are actually always on and do not have a standby mode which wastes even more power and adds even more CO2 to the atmosphere.

Attach your classroom spreadsheet used for these calculations.