K-12 Initiative
To ensure that renewable energy gets incorporated into the curriculums of Massachusetts schools, the Trust has initiated programs to encourage and make it easy for teachers to teach their students about renewable energy. We are developing an easily accessible shared body of knowledge on renewable energy education and are building an ever-growing network of teachers teaching renewable energy.
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Currently, the K-12 Initiative includes the following components:
Resources
Energyteachers.org: This two-year program will serve to increase awareness and visibility for renewable energy education. The website will create a large database and reference guide for teachers looking for renewable energy education materials and activities. Energyteachers.org will serve as a networking resource for teachers who otherwise might not know where to find reliable and pertinent renewable energy information for their classroom. The website will offer insight into to lesson materials, books and conferences for teachers to attend.
A Guide to Teaching
Renewable Energy and Global Warming: This guide is designed
to make it easy for Massachusetts teachers to find useful curriculum
materials, activities, and resources for teaching students about renewable
energy and global warming.
Massachusetts
Solar Energy in Action: Through this new resource, teachers
and students can learn how different solar installations in Massachusetts
perform on a daily basis. You can also compare the systems and observe
the impact of different weather conditions, seasons, and times of day.
Further opportunities for teachers to learn about renewable energy will soon be available. Sign up to be in our teacher network and receive information about renewable energy education opportunities.
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA): NESEA received a grant to create a Girl Scout renewable energy patch program, in which hundreds of girls learn about renewable energy and complete projects for a patch.
Global Habitat Project: Global Habitat Project received a grant to dedicate an issue of its Greentimes newsletter to the topic of renewable energy and distribute free education materials to teachers. Greentimes is written by students, for students.
Upper Cape Regional Technical School: This school received a grant to create a workshop for teachers at technical schools to introduce how to teach renewable energy in their schools. The workshop will be followed by school visits and a "Handbook for Integrating Renewable Energy into Massachusetts Technical Schools."
Workshops
Summer Content
Institutes: We sponsor Summer Teacher Institutes on renewable
energy through the Massachusetts Department of Education.
Teacher
Workshops for Renewable Energy:
We are sponsoring three new short workshops on on renewable energy, including
solar and wind technology.
CONTACT:
Marybeth Campbell, Public Education Coordinator, at campbell@masstech.org or
508.870.0312, ext. 238.
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Teachers participating in the Content Institute Program at Fitchburg State College went on a tour of the Fitchburg Power Station in Westminster. In this photo, they are walking up the steps next to the covered conveyer belt, where wood chips that fuel the power station are brought into the facility. |
