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Renewable Energy for Educators
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Educators attending this seminar will learn about the impacts that our energy use has on the planet and how to best teach youth about solutions: energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy technologies.
Each day will include a hands-on element that can be employed in the classroom. In addition, participants will walk away with practical knowledge that they can apply in their own lives. Integrating renewable energy education into youth development can provide an element of excitement for science education and hope for the future.
Teachers who teach any age group will benifit greatly from this special workshop.
This workshop has been designed to meet the 5th-9th grade Colorado Science Standards.
Receive Two Extended Studies Credits through Mesa State College.!! The cost of the credits is included in the tuition for this workshop.
Each participant will receive:
- Access to SEI's renewable energy kits for use in the classroom
- Curriculum and lesson plans on renewable energy and energy issues
- A variety of teaching tools and materials to help engage students
- Experience creating hands on projects that can be implemented in the classroom
To register for this course please call SEI - 970-963-8855
There is currently no on-line registration
Note: There are limited scholarships available through SEI. Please contact us to inquire.
Topics Include
- Our current energy usage and how this affects us
- Solutions to our energy dilemma - especially energy conservation measures, energy efficiency means, and renewable energy technologies.
- How to implement lessons on renewable energy in the classroom through technical, hands-on activities that inspire fun and creativity,
- Working within the Colorado Board of Education Standards for Science
- Gaining the tools and the confidence in the technical abilities required to teach about renewable energy.
- Applying these skills to the needs of the participants' schools and communities
Sessions
Past Sessions
Related Reading
Energy for Keeps: Electricity from Renewable Energy
by Marilyn Nemzer, Deborah Page, Anna Carter
Greening School Grounds - Creating Habitats for Learning
by Edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn
Teaching About Climate Change - Cool Schools Tackle Global Warming
by Edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn
Teaching Green - The Middle Years
by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn
Teaching Green: The Elementary Years
by Edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn
Quotes from Past Participants
This workshop has made me realize how many ways renewable energy education can excite my students and help make them realize they can make a difference. I've gotten so many great ideas and resources, it will be hard to limit myself.
-- Renewable Energy for Educators workshop particpant, 2007
As a 5th Grade science teacher, I want to facilitate learning that which will touch, move, and inspire my students. This workshop has touched, moved, and inspired me to add renewable energy to my school's curriculum.
-- Renewable Energy for Educators workshop particpant, 2007
SEI made what I felt to be a complex process when using renewables very simple and down to earth.our Earth!
-- Renewable Energy for Educators workshop particpant, 2007
Workshops begin at 9 am unless otherwise noted. Please show up
at 8:30 am the first day.
PO Box 715 76 S. 2nd St. Carbondale, CO 81623 970-963-8855 fax: 970-963-8866
sei@solarenergy.org
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