Helpful Tools
The 2007-2008 theme for the Innoventure Competition is in the form of a problem statement:
Many families in New Mexico living in Colonias or Native American reservations do not have access to electricity. Without electricity many of these families cannot cook meals on a stove, heat their home, or produce hot water. Your team’s task is to identify an area of need in such a situation, and create a means to meet that need using a form of renewable energy in an innovative way. Renewable energy includes: solar, wind, geothermal, water, and biomass. The ultimate goal is to improve quality of living for these families.
The following is a list of helpful websites where students can find information on both the business and technical components of the competition.
| Business Components |
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| BPlans.com: Business Planning Made Easy http://www.bplans.com/sp/ |
| Center for Business Planning http://www.businessplans.org/ |
| Mplans.com: Marketing Plan Resources http://www.mplans.com/ |
| MoreBusiness.com: By Entrepreneurs For Entrepreneurs http://www.morebusiness.com/ |
| U.S. Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/index.html |
| Technical Components |
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| National Renewable Energy Laboratory http://www.nrel.gov/learning/ |
| U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy http://www1.eere.energy.gov/kids/ |
| Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/index.html |
| Alliant Energy: Energy and the Environment http://www.powerhousekids.com/stellent2/groups/public/documents/pub/phk_ee_re_index.hcsp |
| Solar Energy International http://www.solarenergy.org/resources/youngkids.html |
| Infinite Power: Renewable Energy Fact Sheets http://www.infinitepower.org/factsheets.htm |
| National Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental Kids Club for Middle Schools http://www.epa.gov/kids/ |
| National Environmental Protection Agency: For High Schools http://www.epa.gov/highschool/ |
| Energy Quest http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html |
| Wikipedia: Renewable Energy Resources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_resource |
| Renewable Resource Data Center http://rredc.nrel.gov/ |