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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 [...]
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, [...]
A Girl Scouts Journey with Energy
Part I: A Girl Scout’s Journey with Energy By Riley Welchko Hi! My name is Riley. I am a Junior Girl Scout in Troop 71360 from Michigan. I go to Hugger Elementary. This is how [...]
How NEED Raised Me to be a Leader
By Aidan Kotoski, student from Harwich, MA In seventh grade, I became involved with a club called “Harwich Cares”. Throughout the year, we helped to educate our school on recycling, energy conservation, climate change and [...]
Energy in our homes: A glimpse into South Korea!
Energy in our homes: A glimpse into South Korea! By: Erin Twamley If you look inside a Korean traditional home, called a Hanok you will find environmentally friendly raw materials like soil, timber, rock and [...]
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NEED Executive Director, Mary Spruill, virtually presented at EnLite's Energizing Minds: Enhancing Energy Climate Education that was held in Slovenia last week. Always great to share information about the mission of NEED and the work we do! ... See MoreSee Less
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Certified Energy Manager, Caryn Turrel, took students at Garcia High School in Illinois on an educational energy audit of their school building. The school is a LEED certified building and has a green roof and solar water heater! The energy audit is part of the Energizing Student Potential (ESP) Program.Learn more about ESP at www.need.org/programs/esp/#energizingSTEM ... See MoreSee Less
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Caryn ROCKS!
Check out all we have happening at NEED coming up this spring at www.need.org/events ... See MoreSee Less
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Check out NEED's Earth Day E-Newsletter! 🌱🌎♻️conta.cc/44eWzev ... See MoreSee Less
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Fun lessons and insights from NEED Earth Day is April 22nd NEED has you covered for great Earth Day lessons and activities! FUN IN THE SUN Solar Oven Challenge Build a solar oven with your stud...0 CommentsComment on Facebook