Alternative Energy Educational Links

Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence: Mid-Atlantic (COSEE)

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http://www.cosee-ma.net/index.htm

COSEE is a well known organization that aims to “integrate research and education programs to encourage lifelong learning experiences for everyone.” It targets many audiences including K-12 educators. The website includes a special webpage for teachers, listing conferences and workshops, along with lesson plan resources. Additionally, COSEE provides a webpage for students where they have access to online marine educational games.

The GLOBE Program

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http://www.globe.gov/?lang=en&nav=1

The GLOBE Program seeks “to promote the teaching and learning of science, enhance environmental literacy and stewardship, and promote scientific discovery.” It is a remarkable website that includes “a worldwide community of students, teachers, scientists, and citizens.” Not only can schools/classes, research or collect data with a GLOBE Program, but there are additional resources listed for both teachers and students. The teacher link includes workshop registrations, a teaching guide, resources (cloud chart, videos, training materials etc.), curriculum integration, classroom tools, learning standards, and more.

Massachusetts Marine Educators (MME)

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http://www.massmarineeducators.org/index.php

MME is a regional chapter of the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA). The organization includes teachers, informal educators, students, educational institutions, and others that work together to integrate marine studies into the school curricula. The website includes a variety of lesson plans that are based on the Massachusetts state standards. Additionally, the site contains links for the quarterly journal titled Flotsam and Jetsam, the MME calendar of events, teacher workshop opportunities, and a list of links for other marine educator organizations.

Kid Wind Project

2009-10-02T06:53:00.000-07:00

www.kidwind.org

KidWind is a small company dedicated to improving the quality and quantity of wind energy science education throughout the US. While we believe the web is a useful to we try to promote inclusion of wind energy in science classrooms through 1 - 4 day workshops where teachers can get their hands on wind energy! The website includes teacher workshop information, educational resources, materials and info, products you can buy, links and more!

Wind With Miller

2009-10-02T06:52:00.000-07:00

www.windpower.org/en/kids/

This is a kid friendly site linked to from the Danish wind power website. The website features a crash course on energy, info about how all things wind work (nacelle, rotor, gear, etc), a teacher’s guide, and activities including a great activity on making wind socks.

Project Learning Tree

2009-10-01T12:19:00.001-07:00

www.plt.org

Project Learning Tree® is an award winning, multi-disciplinary environmental education program for educators and students in PreK-grade 12. PLT, a program of the American Forest Foundation, is one of the most widely used environmental education programs in the United States and abroad.

PLT helps students learn how to think, not what to think, about the environment.

PLT meets state and national education standards. The curriculum materials provide the tools educators need to bring the environment into the classroom and their students into the environment. Topics range from forests, wildlife, and water, to community planning, waste management and energy.

National Energy Education Development Project

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www.need.org

The mission of the NEED Project is to promote an energy conscious and educated society by creating effective networks of students, educators, business, government and community leaders to design and deliver objective, multi-sided energy education programs.

NEED, and the teachers, students, partners, and sponsors who make up our network, strive to make energy education a priority in the nation’s schools. In some classrooms, that means teaching energy in art and drama, having students perform plays about coal mining and wind generated electricity. In others, it means learning more about the science of thermal and radiant energy. For some classrooms, it means learning about careers in energy today and tomorrow and emphasizing the skills today’s students will need to enter the energy workforce. NEED materials make a strong impact at all grade levels, K through 12. Many community colleges find value in NEED’s comprehensive materials as they add coursework dealing with today’s energy issues.

The website has separate sections for students, teachers and others. The teacher section has curriculum information, training programs, membership info, energy infobooks and activities, an energy poll, correlation to standards, and more. For the students there is energy information, science fair projects, puzzles and games.

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