Posts by Kimberly Swan
Energy Awareness Month
What are your students doing to celebrate Energy Awareness Month? Each year, the U.S. Department of Energy designates October as Energy Awareness Month. This is a perfect opportunity to reflect…
Read MoreHigh School EV Challenge With PG&E Crosses the Finish Line!
An engaging STEM internship program concluded on August 5 when teams raced electric go-karts at the Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s Electric Safety Academy in Livermore, CA. The EV Challenge…
Read MoreNational Electricity Day
Open Letter Elon Musk, Tesla Motor Co Dear Elon, Thank you for naming your car company after me. Doing so has renewed interest in who I was and what I…
Read MoreStudent STEM Workshop at the Offshore Technology Conference
On May 8, 2025, Energy4me held a successful Student STEM Workshop at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston with nearly 100 students from the Houston area to learn about the…
Read MorePi Day and NEED Education at Rochester School
March 14th is International Pi Day. This year, at Rochester School, students from science, math, and technology organized a show and tell of their best projects from class for Pi…
Read MoreCelebrating 45 Years of NEED Curriculum
Sometime in the past 45 years, you may have attended a NEED Energy Education Workshop, where you mastered the Science of Energy stations, made an anemometer and designed wind turbine…
Read MoreDominion Energy Wind for Schools
Hampton Roads Students Harness the Power of Wind, Thanks to NEED and Dominion Energy Thanks to a partnership between the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation and the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project,…
Read MoreDecarbonization
The term “decarbonization” is popping up everywhere. But what does it mean? Decarbonization is a method of climate change mitigation used for removal or reduction of carbon dioxide output into the…
Read MorePECO Summer Internship
You may find yourself asking, what does a day in the life of a NEED and Exelon Foundation STEM Academy scholar look like? Luckily, I am here to help! My…
Read MorePG&E Career Exploration Week
NEED loves creating opportunities for students to work with mentors to learn about exciting careers in energy. In July, we piloted a new model program in two communities called “PG&E…
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