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Momentum has been building nationwide for cultivating energy literacy in K-12 classrooms. To continue that growth, 34 educators from 21 states gathered in June on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yedd’ha campus to learn about clean energy and lessons, methods, and...
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This spring, REAP’s Alaska Network for Energy Education and Employment developed and taught a new energy career visibility and readiness course for a cohort of 11th graders from the Lower Yukon School District. The Powering Your Future course built on a yearslong partnership...
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The 2024 Clean Energy Olympics was once again a hybrid event. Thirteen teams competed in-person on March 23rd at Begich Middle School and another ten teams presented their projects virtually in the week before the competition. Teams representing Anchorage, Wasilla, Girdwood,...
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To expand the energy literacy and skills of teens from the Lower Yukon, REAP led a collaboration of cross-disciplinary educators to teach a Home Energy Basics course at Kusilvak Career Academy this fall.
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The 2023 Clean Energy Olympics was once again a hybrid event. Five teams competed in-person on April 1st at Palmer High School and another eight teams presented their projects virtually in the first week of April. Teams representing Anchorage, Wasilla, Galena, and Gambell...
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On Tuesday, August 16th, ACEP’s online “Foundations of Microgrids” course will begin. You can register for the four-week asynchronous course – which has an emphasis on community-based projects and non grid-connected remote systems – by following...
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This was one of the first questions posed to students at this summer’s Clean Energy Career Explorations Academy with Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP). And whether they arrived with aspirations of becoming a doctor, nurse, engineer, artist, or...
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Four Alaskan teams competed at the National KidWind Competition last month in San Antonio, Texas. Students brought their wind turbines to test in three different wind tunnels, presented their process and design to a panel of judges, participated in an instant solar...
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More than 1,200 Kindergarten through twelfth grade students from 22 schools in eight regions around the state participated in the ninth annual Power Pledge Challenge (PPC), an initiative from AK EnergySmart aimed at helping youth better understand energy use. Participating...
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On March 26-31, 2022, Alaska students participated in the fourth annual Clean Energy Olympics competition. The Clean Energy Olympics is an engineering design challenge for Alaskan 4th-12th grade traditional and homeschool students. This year’s event was hybrid, with 10 teams...
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Students are researching climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies for the annual Tsunami Bowl competition, including renewable marine energy. What do Earth’s oceans, climate and energy have in common? Students will share their answers to this and many other...
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