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PG&E Virtual Internship Program Wraps Up!
PG&E and NEED just wrapped up the first-ever comprehensive paid "Virtual Internship Program", with 15 students representing five high schools in four communities. Virtual Interns are Juniors or Seniors and represent Skyline High School [...]
Clean Energy Transit Comes to Santa Cruz: Coast Futura!
When NEED California Director, Barry Scott, moved to Santa Cruz County in 2014, he learned how terrible the congestion is on coastal Highway 1 and how few alternatives there are to sitting in traffic. [...]
Using Career Maps to Help Students Connect Learning with Future Careers
Lessons from the Green Generation Workforce Development Initiative A new program in the Chicago area called the Green Generation Workforce Development Initiative is helping high school students prepare for quality, local careers in the growing [...]
NEED Announces partnership for New Children’s Book Featuring 26 Energy Superheroes
The National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project is pleased to announce a new partnership with award-winning children’s book authors Erin Twamley and Joshua Sneideman. Together, this innovative partnership anticipates sharing the careers, stories, and superpowers of 26 female energy superheroes who are powering our planet with teachers and students across the US.
KY Power Awards AEP Foundation Grant to Assist Schools, Teachers
Eastern Kentucky teachers participating in the Kentucky National Energy Education Development (NEED) project join NEED director Karen Reagor as Kentucky Power’s Amanda Clark presents the group a $40,400 grant. The grant from the American Electric [...]
Report from Paradise Camp Fire
Report from the Paradise Camp Fire By: Barry Scott, NEED State Program Director in CA When NEED heard about the devastating fires in California we thought about the many teachers we know in and around Paradise, [...]
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Memorial Day is next Monday, May 30th and tends to be a day when many take to the road and travel.![]()
Engage in NEED's suite of Transportation resources in your classroom!![]()
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Shoutout to Villa Del Rey Creative Sciences and Arts Magnet School and NEED teacher Melissa Gasperecz for being a 2022 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School! 🤩![]()
The Green Ribbon Schools are honored for their "innovative efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility costs, improve health and wellness, and ensure effective sustainability education."![]()
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We are so honored to have Ms. Gasperecz and all of her amazing talents at our school!
Visualizing U.S. Crude Oil and Petroleum Imports in 2021 ... See MoreSee Less
Visualizing U.S. Crude Oil and Petroleum Imports in 2021
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Congratulations for your hard work and commitment to learning and teaching your school and community! Enjoy participating in the Youth Energy Conference and Awards in DC!!🎉
Congratulations!!! Well done, students and teachers!
Congratulations to Mrs. Lyons & our 4th-6th grade students on winning the The NEED Project awards for outstanding energy education projects! Our 4th & 5th grade students won for their project: Renewton. Grade 5 combined their energy efficient solar houses with Grade 4’s Windmills to make a renewable energy village. Grade 6 won for their project: Plastic Extractinators, where they made motorized vehicles from recycled bottles to pick up plastic from water. Based on these projects, MAA was selected as Massachusetts Junior School of the Year (grades 6-8) and Massachusetts Elementary School of the Year (grades 3-5). A group of students & their parents will attend the NEED Youth Energy Conference and Awards in Washington, D.C. in June. We look forward to them representing the MAA community! ... See MoreSee Less
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Congratulations on the wonderful achievement!
Congratulations to everyone 👍
Amazing accomplishment - congratulations!
Congratulations!
Wonderful what an honor
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Amazing teacher and NEED friend, Sharon Bird, shared this video of her students engaged in the Energizing Student Potential Program this year! #energizingSTEM![]()
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Energizing Student Potential 2021-2022
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