Founders+Memorial


 * Founders Memorial School**
 * Mr. Acanfora's 5th Grade Class**

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?
 * Comcast Cable Box (with time display)
 * LCD Television (turned off)
 * Black & Decker Coffee brewer (12 cup w/small time display)

2. How much money could your class save each month by unplugging vampires?
 * $7.50 per month (using 30 days) for the sample set on the spreadsheet attached. As a class we put our research/data collection together and decided how we would create a reasonable sample of the items found in one of their homes.
 * If we then calculated $7.50 per month, multiplied by 23 students in the classroom, we found that as a classroom we could save $172.50 per month. We were totally surprised at this amount, which led to students wanting to use the same provided spreadsheet data (again, representing a typical home) and calculate the savings per month that could be attained for our entire school. We have 380 students that attend Founders Memorial School. If we calculated $7.50 per month, multiplied by 380 students in the building, we found that as an entire school community, we could save $2,850 per month. What an eye opener for this group of students!

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

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

Attach your classroom spreadsheet used for these calculations.