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Learn how to teach solar principles in effective, engaging ways in your classroom! Join us in Madison, WI for the STEM Educator Solar Institute.
At the Institute, you’ll use tools of the trade to install and commission a residential size solar photovoltaic array. You’ll review and practice necessary safety measures and electrical principles. Finally, you’ll perform (and take with you) ready to use hands-on classroom lab activities that will enable you to bring solar energy to life in your classroom.
When: July 9-11, 2024
Where: Commercial Avenue Campus, Madison, WI
Apply: Applications now open
Additional Event Information: Visit the Solar Institute Website
Are you a high school or community college instructor interested in learning new ways to incorporate effective and engaging renewable energy education in your classroom? If so, please consider applying to the 2024 NC STEM Educator Energy Institute and learn from a team of technical educators with over 50 years of renewable energy experience.
The Institute, put on in collaboration with Central Carolina Community College, the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education (CREATE), and the National Science Foundation, is designed to provide educators:
● An opportunity to gain hands-on experience with tools of the trade
● Complete classroom and lab activities that will bring solar energy to life in your classroom.
● A chance to network with other STEM and Energy Instructors
● Access to funds for materials to use in your classroom
Each Institute Participants will receive:
Free Hotel and Meal Accommodations (breakfast & lunch) $575 stipend upon completion of the Institute One Graduate Credit (optional, $65 cost to participant) Access to all of the CREATE energy curriculum modules Equipment award up to $1200/participant for classroom supplies
When: Tuesday, July 16th – Thursday, July 18, 2024
Where: Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro, NC
764 West Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Deadline for Applications is April 30, 2024
For more information contact:
Tiffany Breindel
tbreindel@cccc.edu
919-920-6030
Join us in Madison for the Solar Plus Storage Institute. You will be guided through hands-on lessons designed to teach students the fundamentals behind energy storage systems and how solar + energy storage works as a whole. Use the hands-on lessons provided during the institute in your classroom and give your students an introduction to this booming industry.
When: July 23-25, 2024
Where: Commercial Avenue Campus, Madison, WI
Apply: Applications now open
Additional Event Information: Visit the Solar Plus Storage Institute Website
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