Free training for schools
We provide free teacher trainings to schools and school districts. Trainings range from 30-minute workshops on specific topics to two-day classes where participants earn one continuing education credit.
I am glad I have this information and can now present in simple form to my kindergarten students the possibilities in using energy efficiency and talking about what is around Kongiganak!
Example Classes & Topics
ED 580: Energy Literacy in K-12 Classrooms
This one-credit course provides an overview of energy from gas, oil, diesel, wind, hydro, geo, solar, etc. It introduces the concepts of energy literacy and how they can be taught in K-12 classrooms using hands-on activities from AKEnergySmart, Wind for Schools, NEED and other sources. This class typically meets in-person in a local community on a Friday evening and all day Saturday, with two distance classes later in the semester.
Class Topics include:
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy literacy & what it looks like
- AKEnergySmart hands-on activities & discussions
- Recycling & Energy
- Green Schools
- Renewable energy in Alaska
- Wind for Schools hands-on activities & discussions
- Tours of power plants and/or energy efficient buildings (location-specific)