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A very cool school

One of the most exiting things about her school, Ippel says, is the effect it’s having on the community.

Many times have I found myself watching the hyperactive chaos of schoolyards during recess and thought: If we could harness that energy, we wouldn’t need fossil fuels. I recently learned that this very idea is being tested–appropriately, if hard to believe, by second graders. They attend the Academy for Global Citizenship (AGC), a public charter school in Chicago. After a recent unit on renewable energy, the class came up with the idea of an energy-generating playground, with swings and seesaws converted into generators.

by Ari LeVaux

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