Who Should Attend?
• K-12th Grade Teachers
• CTE Teachers
• Afterschool program leaders
What do you receive?
• NEED Science of Energy, Solar, or Wind Kit
• Choice of a NEED Energy Management Kit
• $200 Stipend
• 10 PDP credits available
• Massachusetts aligned curriculum.
Questions
Contact Wendi Moss at wmoss@need.org or
call 1-800-875-5029
AGENDA
8:30 a.m. Registration
Pick up NEED materials and conference supplies. Continental breakfast will be served. NEED curriculum kits are sponsored for each teacher attending the workshop. Packets include supplemental classroom materials, Energy Infobooks at 3 grade levels, and much more! Complete a pre-workshop assessment.
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Meet your fellow participants and the sponsors of today’s workshop. Review goals and objectives for the workshop and begin planning ways to use the NEED materials and training in your school. Efficiency Bingo.
9:00 a.m. The Science of Energy
Learn more about the forms of energy while experimenting with the NEED Project’s Science of Energy kit. Kits will be made available to participating teachers.
10:15 a.m. Energy Round-Up, Candy Collector and Massachusetts Electric Connections
After learning about the forms of energy, we will study the sources of energy: What are they? Where do they come from? And how do we use each of the 10 sources of energy? Discover how the different energy sources contribute to the generation of electricity. After learning about the forms of energy, discover how the different energy sources contribute to the generation of electricity in Massachusetts. Check out the Massachusetts numbers for all energy use too.
11:15 a.m. Intro to Energy Efficiency and Conservation and Tool Exploration
How do you use energy in your daily life at school? Learn how energy is consumed and easy steps you and your students can take to reduce energy use at home and at school.
12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. Wind and Solar-palooza!
Learn more about wind and solar energy with hands-on explorations.
2:00 p.m. Insulation Investigation and Energy Careers Guess Who?
2:45 p.m. Explore the Website, Q&A, Post Assessment and Evaluations
3:00 p.m. Adjourn
