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Six Alaska teams have been invited to the World KidWind competition after 28 teams competed in person and virtually for the top spots in Alaska’s Clean Energy Olympics. Elementary, middle, and high school teams across the state built model wind and solar projects and...
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More than 2,000 students from 90 fourth through twelfth grade classrooms around the state participated in the 2024 Power Pledge Challenge, an initiative aimed at helping youth better understand energy use. Students competed for regional and statewide prizes while learning...
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Yaakwdáat. 13 feet of rain annually. Diesel – $4.49 plus tax and service fees. Electricity – $0.55/kWh. Consider Raven. Southeast Alaska’s first known energy hero who, through his own unique brand of trickery, wrested enormous power from...
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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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Climatic anomalies notwithstanding, Southeast Alaska is typically a pretty soggy place year-round. Since time immemorial, the Residents of Sheet’ka (Sitka) have embraced the rain, while thriving on the abundance the rivers, forest and ocean surrounding them provides....
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Winners have been selected for the eleventh annual Power Pledge Challenge! Lori Holcomb’s 5th grade class at Talkeetna Elementary is this year’s statewide winner of the Power Pledge Challenge (PPC)! More than 2,200 third through twelfth grade students from 29...
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The Clean Energy Olympics (CEO) is a design competition that engages students in the engineering process through the lens of wind and solar energy. Throughout the Spring semester, students in grades 4-12 will build model wind turbines and solar devices with the support of...
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The Alaska Network for Energy Education and Employment regularly partners with Kusilvak Career Academy to promote clean energy career pathways to students from the Lower Yukon School District. Our recent energy efficiency day at KCA not only taught students about how to...
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Two teams from Gambell participated in the 2023 Clean Energy Olympics, the statewide wind turbine design competition hosted by REAP. Gambell’s middle school team, Qughsatkut Wind Blazers, was named after the school’s mascot: a legendary king polar bear of Sivuqaq Island....
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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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Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) is seeking an educator to join its clean energy education and training team as a Contractor on a part-time basis for the summer of 2023. The Energy Education (EE) Contractor will assist with REAP’s education and outreach efforts to K-12...
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