K-12 Initiative

In accordance with the Massachusetts Green Jobs Act of 2008, Trust services that help prepare the Commonwealth’s young people for the clean energy jobs of the future are currently being transitioned to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (CEC). For information about future services please contact the CEC at www.masscec.com.

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.

You can get these free posters and other free curriculum materials.

 

Additional Resources and Past Grantees

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.

Previous Grantees

    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

CONTACT:
Christie Howe, Public Education Intern, at howe@masstech.org

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.