8:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast

Pick up curriculum materials and supplies and network during breakfast. NEED curriculum packets are sponsored for each teacher attending the workshop. Packets include Teachers Guides for teaching energy, Energy Infobooks (student readers) and more.  

8:15 a.m. Welcome and Today’s Goals and Objectives

Meet your fellow participants. Review goals and objectives for the workshop and begin planning ways to use the NEED materials and training in your school. 

8:45 a.m. The Science of Energy

Learn more about the forms of energy and energy transformations while exploring the stations of the Science of Energy kit. Shell’s sponsorship provides teachers a choice of a Science of Energy Kit 

10:15 a.m. Amplify your Station with a Challenge

Using your assigned Science of Energy station create a challenge with the provided supplies to teach the transformation.

10:45 a.m. Energy Round Up and Candy Collector 

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.

11:45 a.m. Sidekick Circuit Activity

12:15 p.m. Lunch 

1:00 p.m. Exploring Wind - Wind Energy Challenge

1:45 p.m. Exploring Solar - Solar Oven Challenge

2:30 p.m. Exploring Oil & Gas – Getting the Oil Out Challenge

3:15 p.m. NEED Website Tour, Closing and Workshop Paperwork:

Stipend, Post Test, Evaluation, and Materials 

Complete Evaluations and Order Forms, receive certificates for professional development. 

3:30 p.m. Adjourn